# Natural Gas Pipelines Public Education and Liaison

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- **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:** Not available
- **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
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(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 other
appropriate public emergency response officials. The liaison
activities are those required by 49 CFR Part 192.615(c)(1) -
(4). These liaison activities shall be conducted in person,
except as provided by this section.
(b) Meetings in person. The operator or the operator's
representative may conduct the required community liaison
activities as provided by subsection (c) of this section only if
the operator or the operator's representative has made an
effort to conduct a community liaison meeting in person with
the officials by one of the following methods:
(1) mailing a written request for a meeting in person to
the appropriate officials by certified mail, return receipt
requested;
(2) sending a request for a meeting in person to the
appropriate officials by facsimile transmission; or
(3) making one or more telephone calls or e-mail
message transmissions to the appropriate officials to request
a meeting in person.
(4) If a scheduled meeting does not take place, the
operator or operator's representative shall make an effort to
re-schedule the community liaison meeting in person with
the officials using one of the methods in paragraphs (1) - (3)
of this subsection before proceeding to arrange a conference
call pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Alternative methods. If the operator or operator's
representative cannot arrange a meeting in person after
complying with subsection (b) of this section, the operator or
the operator's representative shall conduct community liaison
activities by one of the following methods:
(1) holding a telephone conference with the appropriate
officials; or
(2) delivering the community liaison information
requested to be conveyed by certified mail, return receipt
requested.
(d) Proximity to public school. Each owner or operator of a
natural gas pipeline or natural gas pipeline facility any part

of which is located within 1,000 feet of a public school
building or public school recreational area shall maintain and
upon request file with the Division the following
information:
(1) the name of the school;
(2) the street address of the school; and
(3) the identification (system name) of the pipeline.
(e) Records. The operator shall maintain records
documenting compliance with the liaison activities required
by this section. Records of attendance and acknowledgment
of receipt by the emergency response officials shall be
retained for five years from the date of the event that is
commemorated by the record. Records of certified mail
and/or telephone transmissions undertaken in compliance
with subsections (b) and (c) of this section satisfy the record-
keeping requirements of this subsection.
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