# 8001 Rules to Establish an Intrastate Gas Pipeline Safety Compliance Program - 3.0 Delegation of Authority

**Citation:** 26 Del. Admin. C. § 8001-3.0  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Delaware Public Service Commission  
**Effective:** 2009-09-11  
**Published:** 2009-09-01

Delegation of Authority. With respect to the enforcement of these Regulations, the Commission and Staff shall have the authority to investigate the methods and practices of Operators; to require that Operators maintain and file reports, records and other information; to enter upon and to inspect the property, buildings, plants and offices of Operators; to inspect books, records, pap

## Document text

With respect to the enforcement of these Regulations, the Commission and Staff shall have the authority to investigate the methods and practices of Operators; to require that Operators maintain and file reports, records and other information; to enter upon and to inspect the property, buildings, plants and offices of Operators; to inspect books, records, papers and documents of Operators; and to enforce these Regulations as provided herein.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title26/8001>
- Source ID: `de-admin-code`
- SHA-256: `70dcf7e5edbcdc0087f1b9030380af19292008c053d5b40d45f955449eb40b51`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T09:32:30.577Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T03:57:23.147Z
- Document slug: `de-admin-code-8001-3-0`

### Source metadata

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  "regulationNumber": "8001",
  "section": "3.0",
  "scopeKind": "core-pipeline-safety",
  "legalScope": "Complete current Regulation 8001 core intrastate gas-pipeline compliance program.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "Regulation 8001 applies to covered intrastate gas pipeline and LNG facilities and expressly excludes Commission enforcement as to interstate pipeline facilities. Operator, facility, fuel, customer-count, public-place, federal jurisdiction, and waiver status must be checked before applying a provision.",
  "incorporationCaveat": "Regulation 8001 dynamically references 49 U.S.C. chapter 601 and 49 CFR Parts 190, 191, 192, 193, 198, and 199 as amended. This connector records those references but does not reproduce the incorporated federal provisions.",
  "rights": "Delaware provides authenticated Administrative Code PDFs under its Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act implementation, but the Regulations site does not state a general open-content license. Preserve attribution and provenance; review redistribution of site presentation, state marks, linked forms, and incorporated federal or third-party material separately.",
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