# Notifications

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- **citation:** RCSA § 16-280b-A19
- **title:** Notifications
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2025-06-11
- **effective on:** 2025-06-11
- **summary:** Each Operator shall notify the Authority as soon as practicable but not later than 1 hour after an Operator can reasonably determine, based on information available to the Operator that any of the following involving an Operator's Pipeline Facilities have occurred: (1) damage during excavation, excluding damage limited
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Each Operator shall notify the Authority as soon as practicable but not later than 1 hour after an Operator can reasonably determine, based on information available to the Operator that any of the following involving an Operator's Pipeline Facilities have occurred: (1) damage during excavation, excluding damage limited to Pipe coating; (2) the unexpected or uncontrolled release of Gas because of operations and maintenance activities; (3) explosion or fire; (4) the mandatory evacuation of a building or area ordered by the Operator or an emergency responder due to Gas odor; (5) the unplanned shutdown of a Main; 10 (6) unplanned interruption of service to two or more Service Lines along the same Main segment; (7) significant supply constraints involving transmission or a Peaking Facility with potential customer impact; (8) the use of a temporary natural Gas supply, other than a Peaking Facility, to maintain service; (9) the unplanned shutdown of a railroad system; (10) news media coverage; (11) exceedance of the MAOP of a Pipeline plus allowable buildup pursuant to 49 CFR 192.201, as amended from time to time; (12) exceedance of the MAOP of a Pipeline, except during maintenance; (13) odorant concentrations at which odorant becomes readily detectible by an individual with a normal sense of smell at greater than 0.9 percent Gas-in-air for natural Gas, or greater than 0.4 percent Gas-in-air for Petroleum Gas; (14) a cybersecurity breach on systems that affect a Pipeline Facility or a Peaking Facility; or (15) the physical security breach of a Peaking Facility, Gate Station or District Regulator Station.
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