# PSC 135.013 Application of rules.

**Citation:** Wis. Admin. Code § PSC 135.013  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Public Service Commission of Wisconsin  
**Effective:** 2025-08-01  
**Published:** Not stated

Complete current PSC 135.013 from official Wisconsin Legislature sources (pipeline-safety).

## Document text

PSC 135.013 Application of rules.

(1) Every gas public utility and gas pipeline operator that operates gas transmission, distribution, or regulated gathering facilities in this state shall comply with this chapter.

(2) Waiving rules. The provisions of this chapter may be modified or waived by the public service commission. They may be so modified or waived in particular cases wherever shown to be impracticable for special reasons or where the advantage of uniformity with existing construction is greater than the advantage of construction in compliance with the rules providing the existing construction is reasonably safe or if equivalent or safer construction is secured in other ways.

(3) Temporary installations. It may sometimes be necessary to modify or waive certain of the provisions in this chapter in case of temporary installations or installations which are shortly to be dismantled or reconstructed. Such temporary construction may be used for a reasonable length of time provided it is under competent supervision while it or adjoining equipment is under pressure or if it is protected by suitable barriers or warning signs when accessible to any person, without fully complying with this chapter; but all such construction shall be made reasonably safe.

(4) Emergency. In case of emergency or pending decision of the public service commission, the person responsible for the installation may decide as to modification or waiver of any rule or order, subject to review by the public service commission.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/administrativecode/PSC%20135.013>
- Source ID: `wi-legislature-pipeline-corpus`
- SHA-256: `8e65c7456f6b72da221ff3d7e2d4d0a54f74b159b52be5f77932564f916c1b3b`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-12T06:25:04.554Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T10:58:28.466Z
- Document slug: `wi-psc-135-013`

### Source metadata

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  "section": "PSC 135.013",
  "category": "pipeline-safety",
  "currentThrough": "2026-08-01",
  "currentnessBasis": "Official publisher states the entire administrative code is current and updated on the first day of each month.",
  "legalScope": "This completeness-verified corpus contains every current section of Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapters PSC 133, 134, and 135, plus complete Wis. Stat. §§ 196.745 and 182.0175. Chapter PSC 135 is the dedicated gas-safety chapter. Chapters PSC 133 and 134 are included because the Wisconsin PSC identifies all three chapters as requirements used in pipeline-safety inspections; they also contain broader construction, siting, utility-service, billing, metering, and customer provisions.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "Applicability depends on Wisconsin PSC jurisdiction, operator and facility type, intrastate or interstate status, gas-public-utility status, project thresholds, activity, exemptions, waivers, Commission orders, federal preemption, and the specific provision. Wis. Stat. § 196.745 excludes propane distribution systems from the PSC pipeline-safety program, while the one-call law reaches transmission facilities beyond natural-gas pipelines.",
  "incorporationCaveat": "Chapter PSC 135 adopts and supplements federal minimum pipeline-safety standards, principally 49 CFR Parts 191, 192, 193, and 199. The source also cites statutes, administrative rules, Commission forms and orders, and private technical standards. References are retained as metadata; incorporated material is not reproduced and its edition, legal effect, and licensing must be verified at the referenced source.",
  "rightsCaveat": "Official Wisconsin Legislature and Public Service Commission text is preserved with attribution and source hashes. Public availability does not establish a blanket license for site presentation, agency marks, annotations, forms, or incorporated federal and privately authored standards; downstream redistribution requires separate rights review.",
  "history": "History: Cr. Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99; CR 24-056: am. (1) Register July 2025 No. 835, eff. 8-1-25.",
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