Section 121.214 - Pipeline Incident Reporting and Records(a) In this section:(1) "Distribution gas pipeline facility" means a pipeline facility that distributes natural gas directly to end use customers.(2) "Pipeline incident" means an event involving a release of gas from a pipeline that: (A) under federal regulations, gives rise to a duty of a distribution gas pipeline facility operator to report the event to a federal agency; or(B) results in one or more of the following consequences:(i) a death or a personal injury necessitating in-patient hospitalization;(ii) estimated property damage greater than or equal to the greater of: (a) $50,000, including loss to the operator, loss to others, or both, but excluding cost of gas lost; or(b) an amount under federal regulations that gives rise to the duty of a distribution gas pipeline facility operator to report the event to a federal agency; or(iii) unintentional estimated gas loss of three million cubic feet or more.(3) "State record" has the meaning assigned by Section 441.180, Government Code.(b) The railroad commission by rule shall require a distribution gas pipeline facility operator, after a pipeline incident involving the operator's pipelines, to: (1) notify the commission of the incident before the expiration of one hour following the operator's discovery of the incident;(2) provide the following information to the commission before the expiration of one hour following the operator's discovery of the incident:(A) the pipeline operator's name and telephone number;(B) the location of the incident;(C) the time of the incident; and(D) the telephone number of the operator's on-site person; and(3) provide the following information to the commission when the information is known by the operator:(A) the fatalities and personal injuries caused by the incident;(B) the cost of gas lost;(C) estimated property damage to the operator and others;(D) any other significant facts relevant to the incident, including facts related to ignition, explosion, rerouting of traffic, evacuation of a building, and media interest; and(E) other information required under federal regulations to be provided to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration or a successor agency after a pipeline incident or similar incident.(c) The railroad commission shall retain state records of the railroad commission regarding a pipeline incident perpetually.Tex. Util. Code § 121.214
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1048 (H.B. 864), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.