# PSC 135.016 Leak survey reports.

**Citation:** Wis. Admin. Code § PSC 135.016  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Public Service Commission of Wisconsin  
**Effective:** 1999-11-01  
**Published:** Not stated

Complete current PSC 135.016 from official Wisconsin Legislature sources (pipeline-safety).

## Document text

PSC 135.016 Leak survey reports. The federal department of transportation, office of pipeline safety, requires each operator of a distribution system or of a transmission system to submit an annual report for the preceding calendar year not later than March 15. The operators of such systems in this state shall submit a copy of these reports to the public service commission on or before the filing date as required by the federal regulations. In addition to this annual report and at the same time, the operators shall report the number of leaks which were found in customer-owned facilities by either a survey or complaint during the preceding calendar year.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/administrativecode/PSC%20135.016>
- Source ID: `wi-legislature-pipeline-corpus`
- SHA-256: `c4a9d0add1012cf401a7c6c581ef932bf38e038252e5b4c0e70564d940147ecf`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-12T06:25:04.554Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T22:16:32.372Z
- Document slug: `wi-psc-135-016`

### Source metadata

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  "jurisdiction": "US-WI",
  "code": "Wisconsin Administrative Code",
  "chapter": "PSC 135",
  "section": "PSC 135.016",
  "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.",
  "references": [
    {
      "citation": "Register, October, 1999, No. 526",
      "referenceType": "administrative-register",
      "url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/register/526/B/toc",
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    }
  ],
  "sourceCollection": "wi-legislature-psc-code",
  "region": "WI"
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