Proposed

annual report required by U.S. Department of Transportation,
Office of Pipeline Safety.
(b) ((A report titled, "Damage Prevention Statistics." The
Damage Prevention Statistics report must include in detail
the following information:
(i) Number of gas-related one-call locate requests completed
in the field;
(ii) Number of third-party damages incurred; and
(iii) Cause of damage, where cause of damage is classified
as one of the following:
(A) Inaccurate locate;
(B) Failure to use reasonable care;
(C) Excavated prior to a locate being conducted; or
(D) Excavator failed to call for a locate.
(c))) A report detailing all construction defects and material
failures resulting in leakage. Each gas pipeline company
must categorize the different types of construction defects
and material failures anticipated for their system. The report
must include the following:
(i) Types and numbers of construction defects; and
(ii) Types and numbers of material failures.
(((8))) (11) Each gas pipeline company must file with the
commission, and with appropriate officials of all municipalities
where gas pipeline companies have facilities, the names,
addresses, and telephone numbers of the responsible officials
of the gas pipeline company who may be contacted in the
event of an emergency. In the event of any changes in such
personnel, the gas pipeline company must immediately notify
the commission and municipalities.
(((9))) (12) Each gas pipeline company must send to the
commission, by e-mail, daily reports of construction and
repair activities. Reports may be faxed only if the gas pipeline
company does not have e-mail capability. Reports must
be received no later than 10:00 a.m. each day of the scheduled
work, and must include both gas pipeline company and
contractor construction and repair activities. Report information
must be broken down by individual crews and the scheduled
work must be listed by address, as much as practical. To
the extent possible the reports will only contain construction
and repair activity scheduled for that day, but they may
include a reasonable allowance for scheduling conflicts or
disruptions.
(((10))) (13) When a gas pipeline company is required to
file a copy of a DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Management
Information System (MIS) Data Collection Form with the
U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Pipeline Safety,
the gas pipeline company must simultaneously submit a copy
of the form to the commission.
WSR 12-21-141
PROPOSED RULES
UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION
[Docket PL-120350—Filed October 24, 2012, 11:16 a.m.]
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 12-
07-087.
Washington State Register, Issue 12-21 WSR 12-21-141
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Chapter
480-75 WAC, Hazardous liquid pipelines—Safety.
Hearing Location(s): Commission's Hearing Room 206,
Second Floor, Richard Hemstad Building, 1300 South Evergreen
Park Drive S.W., Olympia, WA 98504-7250, on
December 19, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: December 19, 2012.
Submit Written Comments to: Washington Utilities and
Transportation Commission, P.O. Box 47250, Olympia, WA
98504-7250, e-mail records@utc.wa.gov, fax (360) 586-
1150, by November 26, 2012. Please include Docket PL-
120350 in your communication.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Debbie
Aguilar by November 26, 2012, TTY (360) 586-8203 or
(360) 664-1132.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects,
Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The 2011 legislature
amended the underground utilities law, chapter 19.122
RCW. These changes take effect on January 1, 2013. This
new law, assigned to the Washington utilities and transportation
commission (commission), affects the commission's
authority to enforce the underground utilities law as it relates
to pipelines. The commission initiated this rule making to
require hazardous liquid pipeline companies to report additional
information about damage to their facilities caused by
excavators that have violated the underground utilities law,
and to provide to violators information about their rights
under the revised law.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Proposed revisions will
provide sufficient supplemental reporting and evidentiary
records and documentation needed by the commission to sustain
an action to enforce violations of chapter 19.122 RCW.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 80.01.040(4),
81.01.010, 81.04.160, 81.88.040, 81.88.065, and sections 1,
2, and 5, chapter 142, Laws of 2007.
Statute Being Implemented: Chapter 19.122 RCW.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state
court decision.
Name of Proponent: Washington utilities and transportation
commission, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting,
Implementation and Enforcement: David W. Danner, 1300
South Evergreen Park Drive S.W., Olympia, WA 98504,
(360) 664-1208.
No small business economic impact statement has been
prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. The proposed rules will
not result in or impose more than minor costs. Because there
will not be more than minor increase in costs resulting from
the proposed rule changes, a small business economic impact
statement is not required under RCW 19.85.030(1).
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW
34.05.328. The commission is not an agency to which RCW
34.05.328 applies. The proposed rules are not significant legislative
rules of the sort referenced in RCW 34.05.328(5).
October 24, 2012
David W. Danner
Executive Director
and Secretary
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