Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4510 – Submission of plans to commission
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4510
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Natural gas pipeline utility: includes every person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court owning or operating for compensation within this State any pipeline, including pumping stations, storage depots and other facilities, for the transportation, distribution or sale of natural gas, or any person or corporation which has applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity or to the Public Utilities Commission for a certificate of authorization to operate a natural gas pipeline within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
Not less than 30 days before the solicitation of bids for construction or installation or, if bids are not solicited, not less than 30 days before actual construction or installation, the natural gas pipeline utility shall submit to the commission information concerning the engineering design of its pipeline and the standards of construction which it proposes to follow and any other information the commission determines necessary, so that it may determine whether the public safety and the safety of the utility’s employees are being protected. If the commission finds that any part of the engineering design does not conform to the minimum standards of the American Standard Code of Pressure Piping, promulgated by the American Standards Association of New York, or that the condition of any part of the equipment or the manner of operating it are dangerous to the public safety or the employees’ safety, it shall make an order to remedy the nonconformity or dangerous condition and furnish a copy of the order to the utility. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW).