420.5 Emergency plans.

(a)Each steam corporation shall establish written procedures to minimize the hazards resulting from a steam pipeline emergency. At a minimum, the procedures must provide for the following:#

(1)receiving, identifying, and classifying notices of events which require immediate response;#

(2)establishing and maintaining adequate means of communication with fire, police, and other public officials;#

(3)establishing and maintaining continuous communication between field crews and dispatching personnel;#

(4)the availability of personnel, equipment, tools, and materials, as needed at the scene of an emergency;#

(5)actions directed toward protecting people first, and then property;#

(6)emergency shutdown in any section of the pipeline system necessary to minimize hazards to life or property;#

(7)making safe any actual or potential hazard to life or property; and#

(8)safely restoring any main or service outage.#

(b)Each steam corporation shall:#

(1)furnish supervisors who are responsible for emergency action a copy of the latest edition of the emergency plan;#

(2)train the appropriate operating personnel to assure that they are knowledgeable of the emergency procedures; and#

(3)review employee activities to determine whether the procedures were effectively followed in each emergency.#

(c)During January of each year, each steam corporation shall file a list with the Albany office of the Gas Division of the New York State Department of Public Service and with all municipalities within which its facilities are located, indicating the names, addresses, and home and business telephone numbers of its responsible officials who may be contacted in the event of an emergency. Changes and revisions to this list within the year shall be immediately reported to the Gas Division and affected municipalities.#