INCIDENT REPORTS AND SAFETY-RELATED CONDITION REPORTS

2306.1Each gas corporation or small gas operator shall report simultaneously to the Commission’s Office of Engineering each incident that must be reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Pipeline Safety.#

2306.2Each gas corporation or small gas operator shall report in writing within thirty (30) days to the Commission’s Office of Engineering the following incidents: (a) An event that involves release of gas from a pipeline, or release of liquefied natural gas (LNG) or gas from an LNG facility and one (1) of the following: (1) A death or a personal injury necessitating hospitalization; or (2) Estimated property damage, including the cost of gas lost to the gas corporation or small gas operator, or others, or both, of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more; (b) An event that results in an emergency shutdown of an LNG facility; or (c) An event that is significant in the judgment of the operator, even though the circumstances of paragraph (a) or (b) were not met.#

2306.3At the earliest practical time following discovery of incidents described in § 2306.2, each gas corporation or small gas operator shall notify the Office of Engineering and provide the following: (a) Name of the operator, person reporting, and their telephone number(s); (b) Location of the incident; (c) Time of the incident; (d) Nature of the facilities and injuries, if any; and (e) All other significant facts that are relevant to the incident.#

2306.4A copy of each report filed with a federal agency regarding safety and service failures by a gas corporation or small gas operator under the Commission’s jurisdiction shall be provided simultaneously to the Director of the Commission’s Office of Engineering.#

2306.5The Office of Engineering shall maintain a log of telephone reports of incidents involving natural gas safety.#

2306.6Each gas corporation or small gas operator shall inform the Office of Engineering of any natural gas incident within one (1) hour after the gas corporation’s or small gas operator dispatch personnel have been informed about the incident.#

2306.7A copy of each safety-related condition report filed with a Federal Agency by a gas corporation or small gas operator shall simultaneously be provided to the Commission’s Office of Engineering. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 6625, 6626 (October 24, 1986); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 7938 (November 4, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 2381 (April 26, 1991); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 7 (January 4, 2013).#