# Control Room management

**Citation:** RCSA § 16-280b-B27  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority  
**Effective:** 2025-06-11  
**Published:** 2025-06-11

(a) All Control Rooms shall: (1) be adequately secured to prevent unauthorized entry; (2) readily provide the MAOP of all Pipelines that are monitored by the Control Room; (3) have Alarm setpoints at or below the MAOP of the monitored Pipeline; (4) have Alarm setpoints configured such that the failure of any worker pre

## Document text

(a) All Control Rooms shall: (1) be adequately secured to prevent unauthorized entry; (2) readily provide the MAOP of all Pipelines that are monitored by the Control Room; (3) have Alarm setpoints at or below the MAOP of the monitored Pipeline; (4) have Alarm setpoints configured such that the failure of any worker pressure regulating device at Gate Stations and District Regulator Stations generates an Alarm, provided if the Telemetry Equipment necessary for this Alarm is not yet 34 installed, the Alarm setpoints shall be configured not later than January 1, 2037; and (5) be tested for at least 8 continuous hours each calendar year to ensure that the equipment is operational and fully functional. (b) Each Operator shall conduct a point-to-point verification between SCADA displays and related field equipment any time such field equipment is checked for calibration. (c) Each Operator shall have and follow a fatigue management plan validated by a fatigue management professional. (d) Each Operator shall have a training program for any individual with no experience as a Controller that includes a minimum of 480 hours of console time shadowing an experienced and Qualified Controller prior to such individual being allowed to perform activities independently. (e) Not later than 7 calendar days after any deficiencies are found with the Control Room during the tests required pursuant to subsection (a)(5) of this section or 49 CFR 192.631(c)(4), as amended from time to time, they shall be remediated by the Operator, unless an extension is approved by the Authority in writing.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Search/getDocument?guid=%7BE04F6097-0000-CC1C-9D68-25A0BA411C82%7D>
- Source ID: `ct-sots-rcsa-16-280b`
- SHA-256: `24ca7e19e3c9dfe0ac524bc9a1e8d138a4d2119e99d0bb3cb9b9648f91246c78`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-12T07:07:58.041Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T04:28:12.114Z
- Document slug: `ct-rcsa-16-280b-b27`

### Source metadata

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  "subtitle": "16-280b",
  "series": "B",
  "sectionNumber": 27,
  "secretaryFileNumber": 6446,
  "trackingNumber": "PR2023-019",
  "effectiveDateEvidence": "Secretary of the State confirmation states that the regulation became effective June 11, 2025.",
  "scopeCaveat": "This corpus contains all 117 dedicated pipeline-safety sections newly codified as RCSA 16-280b-A1 through A75, B1 through B32, and C1 through C10 by Connecticut Secretary of the State File Number 6446. The filing also amends four adjacent legacy utility provisions and repeals eleven obsolete 16-11 provisions; those actions are retained as provenance and inventory rather than mixed into the dedicated searchable corpus.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "Applicability varies by natural-gas or petroleum-gas operator, public-service-company status, pipeline facility, master-meter or petroleum-gas distribution system, activity, waiver, and federal jurisdiction. PURA states that Connecticut has no intrastate transmission or gathering lines and that hazardous-liquid pipelines remain under PHMSA jurisdiction.",
  "incorporationCaveat": "The rules supplement and repeatedly incorporate federal pipeline requirements, generally as amended from time to time, and rely on Connecticut statutes and external standards. References are recorded without reproducing incorporated material or deciding federal preemption or facility-specific legal effect.",
  "publicationCaveat": "The authenticated final filing was posted to the Connecticut eRegulations System and became effective June 11, 2025. It is used instead of the older browse pages, some of which still display pre-2025 text and stale update labels.",
  "rights": "Official Connecticut legal and agency materials are retained with attribution and cryptographic provenance. State marks, site presentation, forms, annotations, and incorporated federal or privately authored material require separate review.",
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