# Supplemental safety jurisdiction of commission

**Citation:** Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 37-2-131(a)  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Wyoming Legislature  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** Not stated

(a) The commission shall have regulatory safety jurisdiction over any "intrastate gas pipeline facility" as defined under the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006, 49 U.S.C. § 60101, et seq., as amended, for the sole purpose of implementing the safety standards and pr

## Document text

(a) The commission shall have regulatory safety jurisdiction over any "intrastate gas pipeline facility" as defined under the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006, 49 U.S.C. § 60101, et seq., as amended, for the sole purpose of implementing the safety standards and practices of the federal act to such intrastate gas pipeline facility. This jurisdiction shall not apply to an "intrastate gas pipeline facility" which is otherwise subject to federal regulatory jurisdiction for safety purposes. The commission is authorized under this section to implement such safety standards and practices only to the extent the secretary of transportation is so authorized under the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006. The commission's jurisdiction under this section shall only apply where the secretary of transportation has delegated, or otherwise authorized, the state of Wyoming to act on his behalf, and the state of Wyoming has formally accepted the delegation or other authorization prior to the exercise of the jurisdiction by the commission.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title37.pdf>
- Source ID: `wyoming-pipeline-safety`
- SHA-256: `36bc6701658ec91391785dd1a6c64f2f8b3cc9bfd8353a691481132f1cfcf3b5`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T11:56:58.237Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T14:37:51.519Z
- Document slug: `wy-stat-37-2-131-a`

### Source metadata

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  "jurisdiction": "US-WY",
  "statutoryLayer": "pipeline-safety-enforcement-and-jurisdiction",
  "legalScope": "Current Wyoming PSC gas-pipeline safety provisions expressly located in PSC Rules Chapters 1 and 3, plus Wyoming Statutes 37-2-128 through 37-2-131(a). The rules adopt dated federal gas-safety requirements and add utility safety, incident, interruption, meter-location, and leak-reporting requirements.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "Apply each provision only after determining Wyoming intrastate status, the operator and facility class, whether the entity is a public utility under W.S. 37-1-101(a)(vi), and the reach of W.S. 37-2-131(a). The PSC states that its delegated safety jurisdiction covers intrastate gas transmission, gas distribution, LP-gas distribution, regulated gas gathering, construction, and LNG systems, but excludes interstate gas and hazardous-liquid pipeline safety. Some Chapter 3 provisions address 'utilities' or 'natural gas utilities' and should not be generalized to every gas pipeline operator without separate jurisdiction analysis.",
  "certificationCaveat": "PHMSA program certification under 49 U.S.C. 60105 is distinct from a Wyoming Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. The former allocates gas-pipeline safety inspection and enforcement authority; the latter is state economic construction approval. PSC construction authority can reach qualifying gas and liquid pipeline projects even though the PSC expressly disclaims hazardous-liquid pipeline-safety jurisdiction. The PSC webpage's locator to Chapter 1, Section 2(a)(xxxiv)(D) is stale; the current SOS text places the relevant major-utility-facility definition at Section 3(a)(xli)(D).",
  "references": [
    {
      "citation": "49 U.S.C. 60101",
      "referenceType": "federal-statute",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section60101"
    }
  ],
  "rights": "Wyoming government source material is reproduced for legal research. The SOS site displays a copyright notice and does not grant a general reuse license. Incorporated federal and private standards are not reproduced; private ANSI, ASME, and other standards may be copyrighted. Rights review is required before redistribution beyond fair-use archival and citation purposes.",
  "rightsReviewRequired": true,
  "sectionSuffix": "131",
  "originSourceId": "wy-legislature-statutes",
  "region": "WY"
}
```