14:7-1.26 Operator reporting requirements
(a) A pipeline operator shall report to Board staff all information required under this section. All reporting shall be done electronically if practicable, unless another method is required by Board staff.
(b) A pipeline operator shall report the location of all pipeline construction work in progress to Board staff upon request, or periodically as required by Board staff.
(c) A pipeline operator shall provide a copy of the following to the Board's Bureau of Pipeline Safety each year, not later than March 15, covering the preceding calendar year:
1. The Distribution System Annual Report required under49 CFR 191.11. This report shall be submitted to the Board on U.S. Department of Transportation Form RSPA F 7100.1-1;
2. The Transmission System Annual Report required under49 CFR 191.13 and 191.17. This report shall be submitted to the Board on U.S. Department of Transportation Form RSPA F7100.2-1; and
3. The following year-end inventories, submitted in a format provided by the Bureau of Pipeline Safety:
i. Total miles of cast iron mains, listed by pipe diameter and system operating pressure; and
ii. Total number of cast iron breaks, listed by pipe diameter and system operating pressure.
(d) A pipeline operator shall provide a copy of the following to the Board's Bureau of Pipeline Safety within the applicable deadlines:
1. Leak classification status report indicating the number of open, unrepaired leaks by grade classification, submitted by January 31 of each year, for the preceding calendar year, in a format provided by the Bureau of Pipeline Safety;
2. Excess flow valve (EFV) actuation report, indicating the quantity and location of EFV actuations (closures), listed by the cause of actuation. This report shall exclude actuations associated with operations and maintenance activities of the operator, and shall be submitted by January 31 of each year, for the preceding calendar year, in a format provided by the Bureau of Pipeline Safety;
3. The operator's Transmission Pipeline Integrity Management Performance Measures Report, required under 49 CFR 192.945. These reports shall be submitted to the Board as follows:
i. The report covering January 1 through June 30th shall be submitted no later than August 31st of the same year; and
ii. The report covering January 1 through December 31st shall be submitted no later than February 28th of the following year;
4. Cathodic protection status reports indicating compliance with monitoring and remediation of protected structures, submitted quarterly in a format specified by the Bureau of Pipeline Safety;
5. Incident reports required under 49 CFR 191.9 and 191.15, submitted within the applicable deadline in the Federal Code;
6. Safety-related condition reports required under49 CFR 191.23, 191.25, and 191.27, submitted within the applicable deadline in the Federal Code;
7. All notifications submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); for example, a notification required by 192.949 for Gas Transmission Pipeline Integrity Management; and
8. Pressure test records for all gas transmission pipelines, submitted within one month after the test date, and including all of the following:
i. Pressure and temperature recording charts;
ii. Dead weight test records;
iii. Other records of pressure and temperature readings; and
iv. Calibration records for recording instruments.
(e) A transmission pipeline operator shall submit to Board staff its valve assessment and emergency closure plan and emergency closure drill audit reports in accordance with the schedule set forth in N.J.A.C. 14:7-1.10.
Amended by R. 1998 d. 146, effective March 16, 1998. See: 29 N.J.R. 5184(a), 30 N.J.R. 1050(a). Repeal and New Rule, R. 2009 d. 69, effective March 2, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 4915(a), 41 N.J.R. 1083(a). Section was "Meter and regulator stations: piping".