Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:256 – Connections with other carriers; facilities for receipt and delivery of petroleum; duty to receive
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:256
- Common carrier: includes all persons engaged in the transportation of petroleum as public utilities and common carriers for hire; or which on proper showing may be legally held a common carrier from the nature of the business conducted, or from the manner in which such business is carried on. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:251
- Petroleum: means crude petroleum, crude petroleum products, distillate, condensate, liquefied petroleum gas, any hydrocarbon in a liquid state, any product in a liquid state which is derived in whole or in part from any hydrocarbon, and any mixture or mixtures thereof; provided, however, that such term shall not include methanol synthetically produced from coal, lignite, or petroleum coke. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:251
Every common carrier as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 45:251 shall exchange petroleum tonnage with each like common carrier and shall furnish reasonable connections and facilities for the interchange of this tonnage, subject to such reasonable rates and regulations as may be fixed by the commission. And any such common carrier under like rules and regulations shall be required to install and maintain reasonable facilities for the receipt and delivery of petroleum at such points along its lines as may be reasonably necessary for the proper conduct of its business as a common carrier.
No carrier shall be required to receive or transport any petroleum, except such as may be marketable as defined under reasonable rules and regulations to be established by the commission which is required to make reasonable rules for the ascertainment of the amount of water and other foreign matter in oils tendered for transportation and for deduction therefor and for the amount of deduction, if any, to be made for temperature, leakage, seepage, and evaporation; provided that the recital herein of particular powers on the part of the commission shall not be construed to limit the general powers conferred by this Chapter.