La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XIII-501

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XIII-501 - What is the Scope of this Subpart? [49 CFR 192.1]

A. This Subpart prescribes minimum safety requirements for pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas by pipeline within the state of Louisiana, including pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas within the coastal zone limits as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 ). [ 49 CFR 192.1(a)]

B. This regulation does not apply to: [ 49 CFR 192.1(b)]

1. offshore gathering of gas in state waters upstream from the outlet flange of each facility where hydrocarbons are produced or where produced hydrocarbons are first separated, dehydrated, or otherwise processed, whichever facility is farther downstream; [ 49 CFR 192.1(b)(1)]

2. pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that are producer-operated and cross into state waters without first connecting to a transporting operator's facility on the OCS, upstream (generally seaward) of the last valve on the last production facility on the OCS. Safety equipment protecting PHMSA-regulated pipeline segments is not excluded. Producing operators for those pipeline segments upstream of the last valve of the last production facility on the OCS may petition the administrator, or designee, for approval to operate under PHMSA regulations governing pipeline design, construction, ope ration, and maintenance under 49 CFR 190.9 [ 49 CFR 192.1(b)(2)];

3. pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf upstream of the point at which operating responsibility transfers from a producing operator to a transporting operator; [ 49 CFR 192.1(b)(3)]

4. onshore gathering of gas [ 49 CFR 192.1(b)(4)]:

a. through a pipeline that operates at less than 0 psig (0 kPa) [ 49 CFR 192.1(b)(4)(i)];

b. through a pipeline that is not a regulated onshore gathering line (as determined in §508) [ 49 CFR 192.1(b)(4)(ii)]; and

c. within inlets of the Gulf of Mexico, except for the requirements in §2712; or [CFR 49 192. 1(b)(4)(iii)]

5. any pipeline system that transports only petroleum gas or petroleum gas/air mixtures to [ 49 CFR 192.1(b)(5)]:

a. fewer than 10 customers, if no portion of the system is located in a public place [ 49 CFR 192.1(b)(5)(i)] ; or

b. a single customer, if the system is located entirely on the customer's premises (no matter if a portion of the system is located in a public place) [ 49 CFR 192.1(b)(5)(ii)].

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIII-501

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 30:1224 (June 2004), amended LR 33:474 (March 2007), LR 35:2800 (December 2009).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:501 et seq.