Iowa Admin. Code r. 199-19.8 - Safety
(1)
Acceptable standards. As criteria of accepted good safety
practice the commission will use the applicable provisions of the standard
listed in 19.5(2).
(2)
Protective measures. Each utility shall exercise reasonable
care to reduce hazards inherent in connection with utility service to which its
employees, its customers, and the general public may be subjected and shall
adopt and execute a safety program designed to protect the public, fitted to
the size and type of its operations. The utility shall give reasonable
assistance to the commission in the investigation of the cause of accidents and
in the determination of suitable means of preventing accidents. Each utility
shall maintain a summary of all reportable accidents arising from its
operations.
(3)
Turning on
gas. Each utility upon the installation of a meter and turning on gas
or the act of turning on gas alone shall take the necessary steps to assure
itself that there exists no flow of gas through the meter which is a warning
that the customer's piping or appliances are not safe for gas turn on (Ref:
Sec. 8.2. 3 and Annex D, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54-2018).
(4)
Gas leaks. A report of a
gas leak shall be considered as an emergency requiring immediate
attention.
(5)
Odorization. Any gas distributed to customers through gas
mains or gas services or used for domestic purposes in compressor plants, which
does not naturally possess a distinctive odor to the extent that its presence
in the atmosphere is readily detectable at all gas concentrations of one-fifth
of the lower explosive limit and above, shall have an odorant added to it to
make it so detectable. Odorization is not necessary, however, for such gas as
is delivered for further processing or use where the odorant would serve no
useful purpose as a warning agent. Suitable tests must be made to determine
whether the odor meets the standards of subrule 19.5(2). Prompt remedial action
shall be taken if odorization levels do not meet the prescribed limits for
detectability.
(6)
Burial
near electric lines. Each pipeline shall be installed with at least 12
inches of clearance from buried electrical conductors. If this clearance cannot
be maintained, protection from damage or introduction of current from an
electrical fault shall be provided by other means.
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