# S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-5-1000 - Certain gas utilities shall file plans for inspection and maintenance of pipeline facilities; revision of plans

**Citation:** S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-5-1000  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** South Carolina General Assembly  
**Effective:** 2006-05-24  
**Published:** 2006-05-24

(a) Each gas utility that engages in the transportation of gas or which owns or operates pipeline facilities not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission under the Natural Gas Act shall file with the Office of Regulatory Staff a plan for inspection and maintenance of each pipeline facility owned or operated by the gas utility, and any changes in the plan, in accordance with regulations prescribed b

## Document text

(a) Each gas utility that engages in the transportation of gas or which owns or operates pipeline facilities not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission under the Natural Gas Act shall file with the Office of Regulatory Staff a plan for inspection and maintenance of each pipeline facility owned or operated by the gas utility, and any changes in the plan, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the commission. (b) The commission may by regulation also require any gas utility which engages in the transportation of gas or which owns or operates pipeline facilities subject to the provisions of this article to file its plan for approval with the Office of Regulatory Staff. (c) If at any time the Commission finds that the plan is inadequate to achieve safe operation it shall, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, require the plan to be revised. The plan required by the Commission shall be practicable and designed to meet the need for pipeline safety. In determining the adequacy of any plan, the Commission shall consider: (1) relevant, available pipeline safety data; (2) whether the plan is appropriate for the particular type of pipeline transportation; (3) the reasonableness of the plan; and (4) the extent to which the plan will contribute to public safety.

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 58-140; 1970 (56) 2420; 2006 Act No. 318, SECTION 28, eff May 24, 2006.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t58c005.php>
- Source ID: `sc-leg-pipeline-safety`
- SHA-256: `64e9514d36c4b62044dd7e33946a289b053df82435921e472ad794ce05ba0634`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T11:28:25.511Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T09:16:40.448Z
- Document slug: `sc-code-58-5-1000`

### Source metadata

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  "certification": "49 U.S.C. 60105 intrastate-gas program",
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  "sourceNote": "HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 58-140; 1970 (56) 2420; 2006 Act No. 318, SECTION 28, eff May 24, 2006.",
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  "caveats": {
    "exactScope": "This bounded corpus contains 27 current, direct South Carolina gas-pipeline safety provisions: 14 provisions from Chapter 103, Article 4, including only pipeline-safety portions 103-412(2.6)-(2.7), and 13 provisions from the South Carolina Gas Safety Act of 1970, S.C. Code Sections 58-5-920 through 58-5-1070. The complete current Chapter 103 gas-systems article and complete current Gas Safety Act article are inventoried as the completeness boundary.",
    "excludedScope": "Customer deposits, billing, rates, certificates, economic service, routine metering, gas quality, curtailment, ordinary utility records, and related engineering provisions are adjacent or excluded and are not searchable. Chapter 58-36 excavation and one-call law, tariffs, dockets, orders, inspection forms, enforcement files, federal text, private standards, and non-gas programs require separate corpora. Interstate gas and all hazardous-liquid pipelines are excluded from the proven state-certification scope.",
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    "incorporation": "Regulation 103-490 and Sections 58-5-920, 58-5-970, and 58-5-1050 use rolling language for federal gas-safety standards as amended from time to time. Regulation 103-461 also points to editions of private standards referenced by federal rules. This connector links but does not reproduce incorporated federal or private standards and does not decide edition, preemption, or incorporation-validity questions.",
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