Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4901:1 - Utilities
Chapter 4901:1-16 - Gas Pipeline Safety
Section 4901:1-16-05 - Notice and reports of service failures and incidents; twenty-four hour contacts; and post-incident testing
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4901:1-16-05
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Telephone notice of incidents and service failures.
(1)
Operators shall notify the state of Ohio on all
incidents by calling 1-844-OHCALL1 (1-844-642-2551) within one hour of
discovery unless notification within that time is impracticable under the
circumstances. This includes any telephone notice which is required to be made
to the United States department of transportation pursuant to
49 C.F.R.
191.5 as effective on the date referenced in
paragraph (D) of rule
4901:1-16-02 of the
Administrative Code.
(2)
Operators shall notify the state of Ohio on all service
failures, which involve an interruption of service to one hundred or more
customers for a period of two hours or more, by calling 1-844-OHCALL1
(1-844-642-2551) within one hour after discovery unless notification within
that time is impracticable under the circumstances.
(B) Written reports.
(1)
All written reports required to be made to the United States department of
transportation pursuant to the regulations in
49 C.F.R.
191.5 as effective on the date referenced in
paragraph (D) of rule
4901:1-16-02 of the
Administrative Code, shall be submitted concurrently to the
chief.
(2)
Each operator shall submit a written report of the
cause(s) of a service failure, where ascertainable, and actions taken to
minimize the possibility of a recurrence where appropriate. The report shall be
submitted to the chief within sixty days after discovery of the service
failure, unless the operator:
(a)
For good cause, shows more time is
needed.
(b)
Submits interim reports at intervals of not more than
sixty days until a final report is submitted.
(C) Twenty-four hour contact report.
(1)
Each operator
shall submit a twenty-four hour contact report to the chief not later than
March fifteenth of each year identifying the contact information for its
emergency contact personnel and any available emergency hotline
number.
(2)
Each operator shall, within a reasonable time, notify
the chief in writing of any change to the information contained in the
report..
(D) To the extent necessary to carry out its responsibilities under the pipeline safety code, the commission or its staff may require testing of any intrastate gas pipeline facility which is involved in an incident. After making a good faith effort to negotiate a mutually acceptable plan with the owner of the pipeline facility, the commission or its staff may require the operator or choose an independent laboratory to test such pipeline facility.
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