# SARR 002 Written Interpretations - Agency Guidelines

**Citation:** SARR 002  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Idaho Public Utilities Commission  
**Effective:** 2021-07-01  
**Published:** 2021-06-30

A generally applicable framework provision supporting Idaho's pipeline safety and accident reporting rules.

## Document text

002. Written Interpretations - Agency Guidelines.

For rulemakings conducted before July 1, 1993, written interpretations to these rules in the form of explanatory comments accompanying the order of proposed rulemaking and review of comments submitted in the order adopting these rules are maintained in the files of the Secretary of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and are available from the office of the Commission Secretary. The Commission Secretary may be contacted in writing at the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, PO Box 83720, Boise, Idaho 83720-0074, or may be reached by telephone at (208) 334-0300. For rulemakings conducted after July 1, 1993, written interpretations to these rules in the form of explanatory comments accompanying the notice of proposed rulemaking that originally proposed the rules and review of comments submitted in the rulemaking decision adopting these rules are published in the issues of the Idaho Administrative Bulletin proposing or adopting the rules. (7-01-21)

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://puc.idaho.gov/Fileroom/PublicFiles/LawAndOrder/Final_Order_No_35474.pdf>
- Source ID: `id-puc-sarr-order-35474`
- SHA-256: `b654e103dd23ee91f3ed8781004297c9c73d9d5358bd1ca4fcedc053ffc7d5f5`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T09:44:37.710Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T08:35:09.303Z
- Document slug: `id-sarr-002`

### Source metadata

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  "exactScope": "The searchable rule corpus contains every current provision in the Commission's Safety and Accident Reporting Rules that governs, defines, supports, or expressly includes gas or pipeline corporations: SARR 000-008, 201, and 301-303. SARR 201 is the only direct pipeline-safety standards provision. SARR 301-303 are adjacent multi-utility accident and service-interruption reporting provisions, not general pipeline-design or operating standards. Electric-only SARR 101 is inventoried but excluded. SARR 009-100, 102-200, 202-300, and 304-999 are expressly reserved and contain no operative provisions. The separate railroad appendix in Order 35474 is outside this connector.",
  "lifecycleCaveat": "Former IDAPA 31.11.01 expired on July 1, 2021 after the Legislature did not extend it. Order 35095 adopted replacement Safety and Accident Reporting Rules by order effective July 1, 2021. Order 35474 amended SARR 301.01 effective August 15, 2022 and republishes the current SARR text as Appendix A. Although that text retains IDAPA-style numbering and says its official citation is IDAPA 31.11.01, the PUC's statutes-and-rules page identifies Order 35474 as the Safety and Accident Reporting Rules; the administrative-rules URL linked from the PUC rules page currently resolves to a missing artifact.",
  "incorporationCaveat": "SARR 201 incorporates 18 CFR 260.9 as of April 1, 2017 and 49 CFR Parts 191, 192, 193, 195, and 199 as of October 1, 2017. SARR 301.03 separately incorporates 18 CFR 260.9 as of April 1, 2009. These are dated incorporations. The connector preserves Idaho's text and references but does not silently substitute current federal text or reproduce incorporated material.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "The rule text applies to gas and pipeline corporations subject to Commission jurisdiction. Idaho Code 61-114 defines pipeline broadly and SARR 201 names 49 CFR Part 195, but the PUC's current pipeline page describes annual inspection of natural-gas operators and its program materials describe gas-pipeline authority. Inclusion of Part 195 is therefore not a claim that Idaho currently has PHMSA-delegated hazardous-liquid enforcement authority. Confirm commodity, facility, intrastate status, operator classification, Commission jurisdiction, and federal preemption before applying the rules.",
  "publicationCaveat": "Currentness is established from the PUC's live rules and statutes-and-rules pages, the current Order 35474 artifact they identify, Order 35095's explicit transition, and current Legislature section pages. Retrieval dates and HTTP headers are provenance only. The connector emits timeline events only for the two effective dates expressly stated in the orders.",
  "rights": "Official Idaho PUC, Office of Administrative Rules, and Legislature materials are retained with attribution and SHA-256 provenance. Public availability does not resolve rights in seals, marks, site presentation, attachments, incorporated standards, or third-party works; downstream redistribution requires separate review.",
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  "formerAdministrativeCitation": "IDAPA 31.11.01.002",
  "currentCitation": "SARR 002",
  "scopeClass": "framework",
  "directPipelineRule": false,
  "adjacentUtilityReporting": false,
  "sourceDateAnnotations": [
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  "references": [],
  "region": "ID"
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