South Carolina Code 58-5-980. Additional minimum safety standards
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(a) After reasonable notice and an opportunity for the submission for written data, view, or arguments with or without opportunity for oral presentation by interested gas utilities, the regulatory staff, and the public, the commission may establish additional minimum safety standards for pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas (not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission under the Natural Gas Act) in this State.
(b) Gas safety standards may apply to the design, installation, inspection, testing, construction, extension, replacement and maintenance of the facilities. The safety standards shall be practicable and designed to meet the need for pipeline safety. In prescribing the standards, the Commission shall consider: (1) relevant pipeline safety data; (2) whether the standards are appropriate for the particular type of pipeline transportation and distribution; (3) the reasonableness of any proposed standards; and (4) the extent to which the standards will contribute to the public safety.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 58-5-980
- commission: means the Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 58-5-920
- gas: means natural gas, flammable gas or gas which is toxic or corrosive. See South Carolina Code 58-5-920
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- pipeline facilities: shall mean new and existing pipe rights-of-way and any equipment, facility or building used in the transportation of gas or the treatment of gas during the course of transportation; but the Commission is not authorized to prescribe the location or routing of any pipeline facility "rights-of-way. See South Carolina Code 58-5-920
- public: means the public generally, or any limited portion of the public, including a person or corporation. See South Carolina Code 58-5-920
- regulatory staff: means the executive director or the executive director and the employees of the Office of Regulatory Staff. See South Carolina Code 58-5-920
- transportation of gas: when used in this article means gathering, transmission, distribution, and storage of gas. See South Carolina Code 58-5-920