Construction filings and reports

(1)Rule 502. (1) In addition to the requirements contained in 49 C.F.R. § 191.22, which is adopted by reference in R 460.20606, an operator or other person proposing to construct a gas pipeline or gas pipeline facility shall notify the commission staff not less than 60 days before any of the following begins:#

(a)Construction or any planned rehabilitation, replacement, modification, upgrade, uprate, or update of a facility, other than a section of line pipe, that costs $1 million or more.#

(b)Construction of any of the following gas facilities connected to a transmission pipeline system:#

(i)Metering station.#

(ii)Regulating station.#

(iii)Treatment plant.#

(iv)Production plant.#

(v)Compressor unit.#

(c)Construction of a gas transmission pipeline wherein the maximum allowable operating pressure will result in a hoop stress of 30% or more of the specified minimum yield strength.#

(d)Construction of 1 or more miles of contiguous new or replacement pipeline, excluding the length associated with service lines.#

(2)As part of the notification required under subrule (1)(a) to (c) of this rule, an operator or other person proposing to construct a gas pipeline or gas pipeline facility shall file all of the following before construction begins:#

(a)A facility schematic or map showing the proposed route of the line on a scale not less than 3/8 of an inch to 1 mile.#

(b)Engineering specifications covering design, construction, materials, and testing and operating pressures.#

(c)Certification that the facilities will be in compliance with these rules.#

(3)As part of the notification required under subrule (1)(d) of these rules, an operator or other person proposing to construct a gas pipeline shall comply with the requirements in subrule (2) of these rules upon request.#

(4)An application filed under 1929 PA 9, MCL 483.101 to 483.120, 1929 PA 69, MCL 460.501 to 460.506, 1923 PA 238, MCL 486.251 to MCL 486.255, or pursuant to a commission order meets the requirements of subrules (1) and (2) of this rule.#

(5)Except for distribution facilities, within 60 days following the completion of construction and testing of facilities covered by subrules (1), (2), and (3) of this rule, an operator shall file a report with the commission containing the information required under 49 C.F.R. § 192.517, adopted by reference in R 460.20606 of these rules, and R 460.20314, and a route map of the as-built pipeline.#

(6)If notification under subrule (1) of this rule is not possible due to an emergency, an operator shall notify the commission staff as soon as feasible.#

History: 1998-2000 AACS; 2003 AACS; 2010 AACS; 2019 AACS.#

Editor's Note: An obvious error in R 460.20502 was corrected at the request of the promulgating agency, pursuant to Section 56 of 1969 PA 306, as amended by 2000 PA 262, MCL 24.256. The rule containing the error was published in Michigan Register, 2019 MR 1. The memorandum requesting the correction was published in Michigan Register, 2019 MR 1.#