(a)
Responsibility. Each public utility shall at all times use
every reasonable effort to properly warn and protect the public from danger,
and shall exercise reasonable care to reduce the hazards to which employees,
customers and others may be subjected to by reason of its equipment and
facilities.
(b)
Safety
code. The minimum safety standards for all natural gas public
utilities in this Commonwealth shall be those issued under the pipeline safety
laws found in 49 U.S.C. §§
60101-
60503 and as implemented at 49 CFR
Parts
191-193 and
199, including all subsequent amendments thereto. Future
Federal amendments to 49 CFR Parts
191-193 and
199, as amended or modified by
the Federal government, shall have the effect of amending or modifying the
Commission's regulations with regard to the minimum safety standards for all
natural gas public utilities. The amendment or modification shall take effect
60 days after the effective date of the Federal amendment or modification,
unless the Commission publishes a notice in the
Pennsylvania
Bulletin stating that the amendment or modification may not take
effect.
(c) Reserved.
(d)
Enforcement. Each public
utility shall be subject to inspections as may be necessary to assure
compliance with this section. The facilities, books and records of each public
utility shall be accessible to the Commission and its staff for the
inspections. Each public utility shall provide the Commission or its staff the
reports, supplemental data and information as it shall from time to time
request in the administration and enforcement of this section.
(e)
Records. Each public
utility shall keep adequate records as required for compliance with the code in
subsection (b). The records shall be accessible to the Commission and its
staff.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 59.33 amended through May 30, 1986, effective
5/31/1986, 16 Pa.B. 1901;
amended July 2, 1998, effective 8/3/1998, 28 Pa.B. 3050; amended June 23, 2006,
effective 6/24/2006, 36 Pa.B.
3092; amended September 21, 2012, effective 9/22/2012, 42 Pa.B. 5967.
Amended by
Pennsylvania
Bulletin, Vol 54, No. 37. September 14, 2024, effective
9/14/2024
The provisions of this § 59.33 issued and amended under
the Public Utility Code,
66 Pa.C.S. §
§
102,
331,
501,
1501,
1504,
1507 and
1508.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
59.34 (relating to leakage surveys
of customer-owned service lines); 52 Pa. Code §
59.35 (relating to increasing
pressure in distribution facilities and transmission facilities); and 52 Pa.
Code §
59.36 (relating to abandonment of
inactive service lines).
