Applicability

(A)A. This regulation shall apply to all persons engaged in the transportation of gas by pipeline within the state of Louisiana, including the transportation of gas within the coastal zone limits as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331).#

(B)B. Notwithstanding the criteria in §101.A above, this regulation shall apply only to those persons identified in the certification or agreement in effect, pursuant to Section 5 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended (Federal Act), duly executed by the Secretary of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources and the United States Secretary of Transportation.#

(C)C. As to gas odorization, this regulation shall apply to all persons engaged in the business of handling, storing, selling, or distributing natural and other toxic or combustible odorless gases, except as hereinafter provided.#

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:501 et seq.#

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 9:217 (April 1983), amended LR 10:508 (July 1984), LR 18:852 (August 1992), LR 20:442 (April 1994), LR 27:1535 (September 2001), LR 30:1219 (June 2004), LR 50:1246 (September 2024).#