# 8001 Rules to Establish an Intrastate Gas Pipeline Safety Compliance Program - 5.0 Written Formal Notice of Potential Violation

**Citation:** 26 Del. Admin. C. § 8001-5.0  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Delaware Public Service Commission  
**Effective:** 2009-09-11  
**Published:** 2009-09-01

Written Formal Notice of Potential Violation. After evidence of a potential violation is collected and a violation report written, notice and opportunity to respond will be afforded the Operator by a letter from Staff providing the Operator with copies of all relevant documentation, including the written violation reports, notifying the Operator of the results of the on-site evaluation and specifically 

## Document text

After evidence of a potential violation is collected and a violation report written, notice and opportunity to respond will be afforded the Operator by a letter from Staff providing the Operator with copies of all relevant documentation, including the written violation reports, notifying the Operator of the results of the on-site evaluation and specifically citing the provision of the applicable Regulation(s) the Operator is alleged to be violating. The operator must respond in writing within thirty (30) days from receipt of such violation notice, unless the Operator and Staff otherwise agree.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title26/8001>
- Source ID: `de-admin-code`
- SHA-256: `5fc5aac82d93e9be433b0f4965ca634b5ba86aacf6f3e6e35ab8dd00de40bd8f`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T09:32:30.577Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T03:57:16.491Z
- Document slug: `de-admin-code-8001-5-0`

### Source metadata

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  "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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  "references": [
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      "citation": "49 CFR 190",
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