# Accidents or incidents

**Citation:** 3 AAC 52.070  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Regulatory Commission of Alaska  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** Not stated

. (a) Each utility shall cooperate with the commission to promote a reduction in hazard within the industry and to the public. (b) Each utility shall report each accident immediately by the most expeditious means available, preferably by telephone or in person, to the commission at the commission's 

## Document text

. (a) Each utility shall cooperate with the commission to promote a reduction in hazard within the industry and to the public. (b) Each utility shall report each accident immediately by the most expeditious means available, preferably by telephone or in person, to the commission at the commission's office in Anchorage, Alaska, or to a person designated by the commission. The notification shall include the location and time of the accident, a brief description of what occurred, and names of the individual(s) in charge of the repair operation and the individual(s) to be contacted by the commission for additional information. (c) A written report of each accident shall be filed with the commis- sion within 20 days after each accident. The report shall be made on the commission's "Gas Distribution Pipeline Accident or Incident Report" form or the United States Department of Transportation's Form DOT-F-7100.2 for transmission and gathering systems. If the accident investigation is not completed within the 20-day period, the utility shall file an additional written report with the commission upon the completion of the investigation and a written report of the progress of the investigation every 90 days until the investigation is complete. (Eff. 2/21/69, Register 30; am 1/13/73 Register 41) Authority: AS 42.05.141 AS 42.05.291

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/Documents/StatutesRegs/AAC.pdf>
- Source ID: `ak-rca-aac-3-52`
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T09:19:28.149Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T20:11:23.023Z
- Document slug: `ak-aac-3-aac-52-070`

### Source metadata

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  "jurisdiction": "US-AK",
  "article": "3 AAC 52, Article 1",
  "scopeCaveat": "This is the complete current substantive text of 3 AAC 52, Article 1, Gas Utilities: seven current rules and repealed section 3 AAC 52.050 inventory-only. It is a bounded state gas-utility corpus, not all Alaska pipeline, environmental, siting, tariff, right-of-way, spill-prevention, or federal law.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "The article applies to gas utilities under Regulatory Commission of Alaska jurisdiction and permits waivers. PHMSA states that Alaska does not participate in the federal-state pipeline safety program, so these utility rules are not represented as a PHMSA-certified state enforcement program or as replacing federal oversight.",
  "incorporationCaveat": "3 AAC 52.080 defines the adopted Minimum Federal Safety Standards as 49 CFR Part 192 revised January 1, 1972. This fixed and obsolete incorporation date is preserved exactly; current federal Part 192 must not be silently substituted when determining Alaska-law requirements.",
  "rights": "Official Alaska administrative-code and federal program materials are retained with attribution and artifact hashes. Site presentation, state marks, forms, and incorporated material require separate review.",
  "rightsReviewRequired": true,
  "publisherHistory": "(Eff. 2/21/69, Register 30; am 1/13/73 Register 41)",
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