{"operation":"document","citation":"16 TAC § 8.301","title":"Required Records and Reporting","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Railroad Commission of Texas","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2020-01-06","summary":"(a) Accident reports. In the event of any failure or accident involving an intrastate pipeline facility from which any hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide is released, if the failure or accident is required to be reported by 49 CFR §§195.50 or 195.52, the operator shall also report to the Commission ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/tx-tac-16-8-301.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/tx-tac-16-8-301.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/tx-tac-16-8-301","source_url":"https://texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com/rules-and-meetings?chapter=8&interface=VIEW_TAC&part=1&title=16","body":"(a) Accident reports. In the event of any failure or accident\ninvolving an intrastate pipeline facility from which any\nhazardous liquid or carbon dioxide is released, if the failure\nor accident is required to be reported by 49 CFR §§195.50 or\n195.52, the operator shall also report to the Commission as\nfollows.\n(1) Accidents involving crude oil. In the event of an\naccident involving crude oil, the operator shall:\n(A) notify the Division, which shall notify the\n\nCommission's appropriate Oil and Gas district office, by\ntelephone to the Commission's emergency line at (512) 463-\n6788 at the earliest practicable moment but no later than one\nhour following confirmed discovery of the accident and\ninclude the following information:\n(i) company/operator name;\n(ii) location of accident;\n(iii) time and date of accident;\n(iv) fatalities and/or personal injuries;\n(v) phone number of operator;\n(vi) telephone number of operator;\n(vii) telephone number of the operator's on-site\nperson;\n(viii) other significant facts relevant to the accident,\nsuch as ignition, explosion, rerouting of traffic, evacuation of\nany building, and media interest; and\n(B) following the initial telephonic report for accidents\ndescribed in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the operator\nshall retain its records and provide to the Commission upon\nrequest the applicable written reports submitted to the DOT.\nOperators of hazardous liquids gathering pipelines regulated\nby §8.110 of this title (relating to Gathering Pipelines) shall\nfile with the Commission a written report on an accident\ndescribed in paragraph (1) of this subsection utilizing the\napplicable form from the DOT within 30 calendar days after\nthe date of the accident.\n(2) Accidents involving hazardous liquids, other than\ncrude oil, and carbon dioxide. For accidents involving\nhazardous liquids, other than crude oil, and carbon dioxide,\nthe operator shall:\n(A) notify the Division of such accident by telephone to\nthe Commission's emergency line at (512) 463-6788 at the\nearliest practicable moment following confirmed discovery\n(within one hour) and include the information listed in\nparagraph (1)(A)(i) - (viii) of this subsection; and\n(B) within 30 days of discovery of the accident,\ncomplete and retain the written report as required by 49 CFR\nPart 195. An operator shall provide a copy of the accident\nreport to the Commission upon request. Operators of\nhazardous liquids gathering pipelines regulated by §8.110 of\nthis title shall file with the Commission a written report on\nan accident described in paragraph (2) of this subsection\nutilizing the applicable form from the DOT within 30\ncalendar days after the date of the accident.\n(b) Annual report. Each operator shall retain the annual\nreport required by 49 CFR Part 195 for its intrastate systems.\nAn operator shall provide a copy of the annual report to the\nCommission upon request.\n(c) Safety-related condition reports. Each operator shall\nsubmit to the Division in writing a safety-related condition\nreport for any condition specified in 49 CFR Part 195.\n(d) Facility response plans. An operator required to file an\ninitial or a revised facility response plan, prepared under the\nOil Pollution Act of 1990 for all or any part of a hazardous\nliquid pipeline facility located landward of the coast, with the\nDepartment of Transportation is not required to concurrently\nfile the plan with the Commission, but shall retain a copy and\nprovide it to the Commission upon request.","truncated":false,"body_characters":3479}