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(a)Liaison activities required. Each operator of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide pipelines or pipeline facilities or the operator's designated representative shall communicate and conduct liaison activities with fire, police, and other appropriate public emergency response officials. The operator or the operator's designated representative shall conduct liaison activities by meetings in person except as provided by this section. (b)Minimum efforts. The operator or the operator's representative may conduct required community liaison activities as provided by subsection (c) of this section only if the operator or the operator's representative has made the following efforts to conduct a community liaison meeting in person with the officials: (1)mailing a written request for a meeting in person to the appropriate officials by certified mail, return receipt requested; (2)sending a request for a meeting in person to the appropriate officials by facsimile transmission; and (3)making one or more telephone calls or e-mail message transmissions to the appropriate officials to request a meeting in person. (c)Conference call. If the operator or operator's representative cannot arrange a meeting in person after complying with subsection (b) of this section, the operator or the operator's representative shall make the following efforts to conduct community liaison activities by means of a telephone conference call with the officials: (1)mailing a written request for a telephone conference to the appropriate officials by certified mail, return receipt requested; (2)sending a request for a telephone conference to the appropriate officials by facsimile transmission; and (3)making one or more telephone calls or e-mail message transmissions to the appropriate officials to request a telephone conference. (d)Mailing liaison information. If the operator or the operator's representative has made the efforts required by subsections (b) and (c) of this section but has not successfully arranged a meeting in person or a telephone conference, the community liaison information required to be conveyed may be delivered by mailing the information by certified mail, return receipt requested. (e)Proximity to public school. The owner or operator of each interstate or intrastate hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline or pipeline facility any part of which is located within 1,000 feet of a public school shall: (1)develop an emergency response plan in consultation with the fire department in whose jurisdiction the school is located or with another local emergency response entity; and (2)present the plan: (A)at the first annual budget meeting of the board of trustees of the school district in which the school is located after the plan is developed; and (B)at subsequent annual budget meetings of the board of trustees of the school district on the request of the board. (f)Minimum components of public education and liaison plan. The public education and liaison plan shall at a minimum contain the following components: (1)a description of the pipeline and pipeline facilities within the school district; (2)a list of the products carried by the pipelines and material safety data sheets for the products; (3)general facility maps; (4)emergency names and phone numbers to reach in the event of an emergency; (5)general information numbers for the pipeline facilities; (6)provisions for an emergency preparedness drill; and (7)information regarding the prevention of third party damage.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been
reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed
with the Office of the Secretary of State on September 12, 2002
TRD-200205965 Mary Ross McDonald
Deputy General Counsel
Railroad Commission of
Texas
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 27, 2002
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1295
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