{"operation":"document","citation":"16 NYCRR 255.615","title":"255.615 Emergency plans.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"New York State Public Service Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"Transmission and Distribution of Gas. (a) Each operator shall establish written procedures to minimize the hazard resulting from a gas pipeline emergency. At a minimum, the procedures must provide for the following:\n\n(1) receiving, identifying and classifying notices of events which require immediate response by the operator;\n\n(2) establishing and maintaining adequate means of communication with","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ny-nycrr-255-615.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ny-nycrr-255-615.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ny-nycrr-255-615","source_url":"https://govt.westlaw.com/nycrr/Document/I505d5a23cd1711dda432a117e6e0f345?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)","body":"(a) Each operator shall establish written procedures to minimize the hazard resulting from a gas pipeline emergency. At a minimum, the procedures must provide for the following:\n\n(1) receiving, identifying and classifying notices of events which require immediate response by the operator;\n\n(2) establishing and maintaining adequate means of communication with appropriate fire, police and other public officials;\n\n(3) prompt and effective response to a notice of each type of emergency, including the following:\n\n(i) gas detected inside or near a building;\n\n(ii) fire located near or directly involving a pipeline facility;\n\n(iii) explosion occurring near or directly involving a pipeline facility; and\n\n(iv) natural disaster;\n\n(4) the availability of personnel, equipment, tools and materials, as needed at the scene of an emergency;\n\n(5) actions directed toward protecting people first and then property;\n\n(6) emergency shutdown and pressure reduction in any section of the operator's pipeline system necessary to minimize hazards to life or property;\n\n(7) making safe any actual or potential hazard to life or property;\n\n(8) notifying appropriate fire, police and other public officials of gas pipeline emergencies and coordinating with them both planned responses and actual responses during an emergency;\n\n(9) safely restoring any service outage;\n\n(10) beginning action under section 255.827 of this Part, if applicable, as soon after the end of the emergency as possible; and\n\n(11) Actions required to be taken by a controller during an emergency in accordance with section 255.631 of this Part.\n\n(b) Each operator shall:\n\n(1) furnish its supervisors who are responsible for emergency action a copy of that portion of the latest edition of the emergency procedures established under subdivision (a) of this section as necessary for compliance with those procedures;\n\n(2) train the appropriate operating personnel to assure that they are knowledgeable of the emergency procedures and verify that the training is effective; and\n\n(3) review employee activities to determine whether the procedures were effectively followed in each emergency.\n\n(c) Each operator shall establish and maintain liaison with appropriate fire, police and other public officials to:\n\n(1) learn the responsibility and resources of each government organization that may respond to a gas pipeline emergency;\n\n(2) acquaint the officials with the operator's ability in responding to a gas pipeline emergency;\n\n(3) identify the types of gas pipeline emergencies of which the operator notifies the officials;\n\n(4) plan how the operator and officials can engage in mutual assistance to minimize hazards to life or property; and\n\n(5) offer annual training, at mutually acceptable locations, to volunteer fire departments regarding the appropriate response to gas-related emergencies and to police departments regarding the recognition of gas-related emergencies. For nonvolunteer fire departments, annually offer to assist the training coordinator in developing training programs for gas safety- related matters.","truncated":false,"body_characters":3083}