# Records and Reports **Citation:** COMAR 20.56.01.09 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Maryland Public Service Commission **Effective:** Not stated **Published:** Not stated Maryland pipeline-safety provision COMAR 20.56.01.09, Records and Reports. ## Document text A. Each owner of a LPG system shall maintain records and provide reports to the Commission as required by this regulation. B. Fatal Accidents. (1) In the event of a fatal accident, an owner shall promptly notify the Commission of the fatal accident by telephone. (2) A written report shall be submitted to the Commission within 20 days of the date of the incident resulting in the fatal accident reported under §B(1) of this regulation. C. Leaks in pipes or tanks that are hazardous to the public shall be reported immediately to the local central fire department communications center and to the Commission. D. Each owner shall submit to the Commission, on a quarterly basis, reports summarizing the leaks discovered, leak calls made pursuant to §C of this regulation, and the owner's responses to these events. E. All reports required to be filed with the United States Department of Transportation by 49 CFR 191 and 192 shall also be filed with the Commission. F. The Commission may require additional reports to be submitted to it by owners of LPG systems. G. Construction Notices. (1) An owner shall notify the Commission in writing at least 10 days before the estimated start date of a major construction project. (2) A major construction project includes: (a) A new pressure-regulating station; (b) A significant modification to gas supply equipment at an existing pressure-regulating station; (c) A new propane plant; (d) A significant modification to process equipment at an existing propane plant; or (e) A new pipeline installation of 500 or more feet. (3) The notification required by this regulation shall be on a form provided by the Commission. ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `maryland-comar` - SHA-256: `bd022d37e9dda779e40fde6dea621eaf6ae7981a8734c6b159d4ab03c47d16c9` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T08:47:37.108Z - Exported: 2026-08-25T03:16:27.069Z - Document slug: `md-comar-20-56-01-09` ### Source metadata ```json { "jurisdiction": "US-MD", "commodity": [ "liquefied-petroleum-gas" ], "legalScope": "Bounded Maryland PSC pipeline-safety rules in COMAR 20.55-20.57.", "applicabilityCaveat": "Maryland PSC enforcement under PHMSA certification is limited to intrastate gas and hazardous-liquid pipeline operators and applicable LPG systems. PHMSA retains inspection and enforcement responsibility for interstate gas and hazardous-liquid pipelines. Coverage also depends on operator class, gas-company or master-meter status, facility and commodity definitions, exemptions, waivers, and federal preemption.", "incorporationCaveat": "Maryland provisions use both fixed editions of private or federal guidance and prospective phrases such as 'as amended' for federal statutes and 49 CFR. This connector preserves the consolidated Maryland text retrieved on the stated date but does not infer that every later federal amendment is incorporated for every legal purpose. Verify the controlling Maryland incorporation rule, federal edition, and event date.", "publicationCaveat": "The Library of Maryland Regulations is the official consolidated access system, but the Maryland Register and filed rulemaking record control adoption history. Administrative-history notes are evidence aids, not substitutes for the promulgation record. The PSC program description is dated September 2011 and is used only to corroborate program scope, not current rule text.", "rightsCaveat": "Official Maryland and federal legal-source captures are preserved with attribution and hashes. State presentation, seals, site software, and incorporated private standards may carry separate rights; incorporated standards are referenced but not reproduced by this connector.", "references": [], "region": "MD" } ```