Additional Reporting Requirements

(1)Single-feed System. Each operator with a single-feed distribution system (i.e., a system with one confirmed source such as a single district regulator suppling gas downstream of the regulator) shall measure the gas pressure in the system at all times over the course of the year and report the results for each calendar year to the Department by no later than March 15th of the following year in a format to be determined by the Department, in accordance with the following:#

(a)Prior to January 1, 2025, an operator may use telemetering or recording pressure gauges as may be required.#

(b)Beginning January 1, 2025 and thereafter, telemetering shall be the sole method used to measure the gas pressure at all times for each single-feed distribution system.#

(2)Winter Surveillance and Patrol Procedures. No later than November 1st of each year, each operator shall provide the Department with a copy of its Winter Surveillance and Patrol program/procedures for cast-iron pipelines. In addition, each operator must notify the Department by email when its winter patrols begin and when its winter patrols cease.#

(3)Street Restoration Standards.#

(a)Each operator shall comply with the "Standards to be Employed by Public Utility Operators When Restoring any of the Streets, Lanes and Highways in Municipalities" (Street Restoration Standards) issued in Street Restoration Standards, D.T.E. 98-22 (1999).#

(b)No later than May 1st of each year, each operator shall file with the Department, in a format specified by the Department, a written statement or policy designed to ensure that managers, supervisors, and other distribution personnel are aware of and held accountable to the Street Restoration#

Standards. The statement shall include details and records as specified by the Department.#

(4)Gate Box Reports. (M.G.L. c. 164, § 116B). No later than March 31st of each year, each operator must file an annual report documenting all instances of inadequate notice of paving projects that resulted in gate boxes being paved over during the prior calendar year. The report, in a format to be determined by the Department, must include information, as specified by the Department, on paved-over gate boxes discovered since the prior year's report.#

(5)Mechanical Fitting Failures. Each operator shall report each mechanical fitting failure that results in the hazardous release of gas no later than 15 days after determining a mechanical fitting failure using a form to be determined by the Department.#

(6)Telephonic Incident Reporting Requirements. Each operator shall notify the Department by telephone of certain specific events, as specified by the Department, in a format approved by the Department. Each operator shall make the notification promptly but no more than two hours following discovery of such events.#