Within 18 months of the effective date of this act, the department shall adopt regulations requiring that the owner or operator of each pipeline facility register with the department. Every owner or operator of a pipeline facility shall register the pipeline facility with the department within six months of the adoption of the registration regulations, and shall renew the registration every five years. The registration and renewal shall be on forms prescribed by the department and shall include at least the following information:

a. The business name, address, and telephone number, including an operations emergency telephone number, of the operator;

b. An accurate map or maps, along with any appropriate geographic description, showing the location of each pipeline facility of that owner or operator in the State and the location at which that pipeline facility leaves the State;

c. A description of the characteristics of the owner’s or operator’s pipeline facilities within the State;

d. A description of all products transported through the owner’s or operator’s pipeline facility within the State;

e. An inventory with appropriate information with respect to all types of pipe used for the transmission of hazardous liquids in the owner’s or operator’s pipeline facility, along with additional information, including the repair, maintenance, and leak history of the pipeline facility. This inventory shall exclude equipment associated only with the pipeline pumps or storage facilities; and

f. Any other information the department considers useful and necessary.

L.1990,c.77,s.2.