20:10:37:01. Definitions.
Terms defined in SDCL 49-34B-1 have the same meaning when used in this chapter. In addition, terms used in this chapter mean:
(1) "Inspector," a pipeline safety
inspector employed by, or contracted as an agent of the commission;
(2) "Incident," is any of the
following events:
(a) A release of gas from a gas pipeline
facility or of liquefied natural gas or gas from a liquefied natural gas
facility; and
(i) A death, or personal
injury necessitating in-patient hospitalization; or
(ii) Estimated property damage,
including cost of gas lost, of the operator or others, or both, of $50,000 or
more;
(b) An event that results in an emergency
shutdown of a liquefied natural gas facility; or
(c) An event that is significant, in the
judgment of the operator, even though it did not meet the criteria of
subdivisions (a) and (b) above;
(3) "Incident docket," a docket opened
with the commission upon the initiation of an investigation of an incident;
(4) "Incident report," the report
drafted by an inspector after an incident;
(5) "Inspection," a review of the
books, files, records, reports, supplemental data, other documents and
information, plant, property, and facilities of a pipeline operator to ensure
compliance with applicable pipeline safety standards;
(6) "Inspection report," the report
drafted by an inspector after an inspection of any type, except for an
incident; and
(7) "Pipeline safety program," the
program administered by the commission with regulatory jurisdiction over the
safety standards and practices of all jurisdictional intrastate natural gas and
other gas pipelines within South Dakota.
Source: 36 SDR
57, effective October 19, 2009.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-34B-4, 49-34B-19.
Law Implemented:
SDCL 49-34B-3, 49-34B-4, 49-34B-19, 49-34B-27.
