{"operation":"document","citation":"16 TAC § 8.235","title":"Natural Gas Pipelines Public Education and Liaison","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Railroad Commission of Texas","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2020-01-06","summary":"(a) Liaison activities required. Each operator of a natural gas pipeline or natural gas pipeline facilities or the operator's designated representative shall communicate and conduct liaison activities at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year with fire, police, and o","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/tx-tac-16-8-235.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/tx-tac-16-8-235.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/tx-tac-16-8-235","source_url":"https://texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com/rules-and-meetings?chapter=8&interface=VIEW_TAC&part=1&title=16","body":"(a) Liaison activities required. Each operator of a natural\ngas pipeline or natural gas pipeline facilities or the operator's\ndesignated representative shall communicate and conduct\nliaison activities at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at\nleast once each calendar year with fire, police, and other\nappropriate public emergency response officials. The liaison\nactivities are those required by 49 CFR Part 192.615(c)(1) -\n(4). These liaison activities shall be conducted in person,\nexcept as provided by this section.\n(b) Meetings in person. The operator or the operator's\nrepresentative may conduct the required community liaison\nactivities as provided by subsection (c) of this section only if\nthe operator or the operator's representative has made an\neffort to conduct a community liaison meeting in person with\nthe officials by one of the following methods:\n(1) mailing a written request for a meeting in person to\nthe appropriate officials by certified mail, return receipt\nrequested;\n(2) sending a request for a meeting in person to the\nappropriate officials by facsimile transmission; or\n(3) making one or more telephone calls or e-mail\nmessage transmissions to the appropriate officials to request\na meeting in person.\n(4) If a scheduled meeting does not take place, the\noperator or operator's representative shall make an effort to\nre-schedule the community liaison meeting in person with\nthe officials using one of the methods in paragraphs (1) - (3)\nof this subsection before proceeding to arrange a conference\ncall pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.\n(c) Alternative methods. If the operator or operator's\nrepresentative cannot arrange a meeting in person after\ncomplying with subsection (b) of this section, the operator or\nthe operator's representative shall conduct community liaison\nactivities by one of the following methods:\n(1) holding a telephone conference with the appropriate\nofficials; or\n(2) delivering the community liaison information\nrequested to be conveyed by certified mail, return receipt\nrequested.\n(d) Proximity to public school. Each owner or operator of a\nnatural gas pipeline or natural gas pipeline facility any part\n\nof which is located within 1,000 feet of a public school\nbuilding or public school recreational area shall maintain and\nupon request file with the Division the following\ninformation:\n(1) the name of the school;\n(2) the street address of the school; and\n(3) the identification (system name) of the pipeline.\n(e) Records. The operator shall maintain records\ndocumenting compliance with the liaison activities required\nby this section. Records of attendance and acknowledgment\nof receipt by the emergency response officials shall be\nretained for five years from the date of the event that is\ncommemorated by the record. Records of certified mail\nand/or telephone transmissions undertaken in compliance\nwith subsections (b) and (c) of this section satisfy the record-\nkeeping requirements of this subsection.","truncated":false,"body_characters":2973}