Indiana Administrative Code
Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES
Rule 5 - Damage to Underground Facilities
Section 5-3 - Process for determining violations and penalties

(a) The pipeline safety division shall investigate alleged violations of IC 8-1-26.

(b) The pipeline safety division shall determine whether a violation of IC 8-1-26 occurred and by which person or entity. After making a determination of a violation, the pipeline safety division shall forward its findings of violations to the advisory committee.

(c) The pipeline safety division will provide the person or entity accused of violating IC 8-1-26 with notice and an opportunity to appear before the advisory committee to provide written evidence prior to the advisory committee making a recommendation on the summary damage report.

(d) A person or entity accused of violating IC 8-1-26 may send correspondence and written evidence regarding the pipeline safety division's finding of a violation to the advisory committee or appear at the public meeting in person to provide the written evidence.

(e) The advisory committee shall use a publicly available penalty schedule when determining recommended penalties.

(f) Upon receiving a recommendation from the advisory committee, the commission shall provide the person or entity accused of violating IC 8-1-26 with notice of the advisory committee's recommendation and provide the person or entity thirty (30) days to request a public hearing on the advisory committee's recommendation.

(g) A request for a public hearing before the commission must be filed and served following the procedures in 170 IAC 1-1.1.

(h) If a person or entity accused of violating IC 8-1-26 does not request a public hearing, the commission may act upon the advisory committee's recommendation.

(i) All hearings before the commission regarding violations of IC 8-1-26 are subject to the commission's rules of practice and procedure.