NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1134

SENATE BILL 590

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 62 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PROVIDE STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE NATURAL GAS PIPELINES LOCATED IN NORTH CAROLINA.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Article 3 of Chapter 62 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new Section at the end thereof to read as follows:

"G.S. 62-50.  Safety Standards for Interstate and Intrastate Natural Gas Pipelines. The safety standards of this Chapter shall apply to the North Carolina portion of interstate natural gas pipelines extending to, from, within or through this State in interstate commerce to the same extent as said safety provisions apply to intrastate natural gas pipelines of natural gas utility companies and pipeline carriers operating under a franchise from the Utilities Commission. The Commission may require that interstate natural gas companies and interstate natural gas pipeline carriers operating interstate natural gas pipelines in this State and all intrastate natural gas utilities shall file with the Commission reports of all accidents occurring in connection with the operation of all natural gas pipelines located in North Carolina and to file with the Commission copies of its construction, operation and maintenance standards and procedures, and any amendments thereto, and such other information as may be necessary to show compliance with the safety standards promulgated by the Commission hereunder. Where the Commission has reason to believe that any interstate natural gas company or any intrastate natural gas utility is not in compliance with the Commission's safety standards, the Commission may, after notice and hearing, order said interstate natural gas company or intrastate natural gas utility, to take such measures as may be necessary to comply with such standards. The Commission is authorized to require said interstate natural gas pipeline companies or carriers and intrastate natural gas utilities to furnish engineering reports showing that said pipelines are in safe operating condition and are being operated in conformity with the Commission's safety standards."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after January 1, 1968.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of July, 1967.