{"operation":"document","citation":"16 TAC § 8.310","title":"Hazardous Liquids and Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Public Education and Liaison","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Railroad Commission of Texas","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2010-08-30","summary":"(a) Liaison activities required. Each operator of a hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline or 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, po","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/tx-tac-16-8-310.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/tx-tac-16-8-310.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/tx-tac-16-8-310","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\nhazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline or pipeline\nfacilities or the operator's designated representative shall\ncommunicate and conduct liaison activities at intervals not\nexceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year\nwith fire, police, and other appropriate public emergency\nresponse officials. The liaison activities are those required by\n49 CFR Part 195.402(c)(12). These liaison activities shall be\nconducted in person, except as provided by this section.\n(b) Meetings in person. The operator or the operator's\nrepresentative may conduct required community liaison\nactivities as provided by subsection (c) of this section only if\nthe operator or the operator's representative has completed\none of the following efforts to conduct a community liaison\nmeeting in person with the officials:\n\n(1) mailing a written request for a meeting in person\nto the 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) At any time the operator or operator's\nrepresentative makes contact with the appropriate officials\nand schedules a meeting in person, no further attempts to\nmake contact under this section are necessary. However, if a\nscheduled meeting does not take place, the operator or\noperator's representative shall make an effort to re-schedule\nthe community liaison meeting in person with the officials\nusing one of the methods in paragraphs (1) - (3) of this\nsubsection before proceeding to arrange a conference call\npursuant 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\nappropriate officials; or\n(2) delivering the community liaison information\nrequired to be conveyed by certified mail, return receipt\nrequested.\n(d) 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":2749}