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(2) Operators shall check, test, and service farm tap odor-
izers at least annually according to the terms of the approved schedule
of service and maintenance for farm tap odorizers Form PS-9, filed
with and approved by the Division. Each gas company shall maintain
records to reflect the date of service and maintenance on file for at least
two years.
(e) Malodorant concentration tests and reports.
(1) Each gas company shall conduct the following concen-
tration tests on the gas supplied through its facilities and required to
be odorized. Other tests conducted in accordance with procedures ap-
proved by the Division may be substituted for the following room and
malodorant concentration test meter methods. Test points shall be dis-
tant from odorizing equipment, so as to be representative of the odor-
ized gas in the system. Tests shall be performed at least once each
calendar year or at such other times as the Division may reasonably
require. The results of these tests shall be recorded on the approved
odorant concentration test Form PS-6 or equivalent and retained in each
company's files for at least two years.
(A) Room test--Test results shall include the following:
(i) odorizer name and location;
(ii) date test performed, test time, location of test,
and distance from odorizer, if applicable;tectable; and
visor of the test(iii) percent gas in air when malodor is readily de-
(iv) signatures of witnesses to the test and the super-(B) Malodorant concentration test meter--Test results
shall include the following:
(i) odorizer name and location;
(ii) malodorant concentration meter make, model,
and serial number;
(iii) date test performed, test time, odorizer tested,
and distance from odorizer, if applicable;
(iv) test results indicating percent in air when mal-
odor is readily detectable; and
(v) signature of person performing the test.
(2) Farm tap odorizers shall be exempt from the odorization
testing requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(3) Gas companies that obtain gas into which malodorant
previously has been injected or gas which is considered to have a nat-
ural malodor and therefore do not odorize the gas themselves shall be
required to conduct quarterly malodorant concentration tests and retain
records for a period of two years.
8.220. Master Metered Systems.
(a) Compliance with minimum standards required. Master
meter operators shall comply with the minimum safety standards in
49 CFR Part 192.
(b) Leakage survey. Each master meter operator shall conduct
a leakage survey on the system every two years, using leak detection
equipment.
(c) Overpressure equipment. Natural gas suppliers shall be re-
sponsible for installation and inspection of overpressure equipment at
those master meter locations where 10 or more consumers are served
low pressure gas.
8.225. Plastic Pipe Requirements.(a) Plastic pipe failure report. Each operator shall record in-
formation relating to each material failure of plastic pipe during each
calendar year, and annually shall file with the Division, in conjunc-
tion with the annual report required to be filed under 8.210(b) of this
chapter (relating to Reports), a summary of the failures on Form PS-80,
Annual Plastic Pipe Failure Report. Operators shall file initial Forms
PS-80, reporting plastic pipe failure data for calendar year 2001, by
March 15, 2002.
(b) Plastic pipe installation and/or removal report.
(1) Each operator shall report to the Commission on March
15, 2003, and March 15, 2004, the amount in miles of plastic pipe in-
stalled and/or removed during the preceding calendar year on Form
PS-82, Annual Report of Plastic Installation and/or Removal. The
mileage shall be identified by:
(A) system;
(B) nominal pipe size;
(C) material designation code;
(D) pipe category; and
(E) pipe manufacturer.
(2) For all new installations of plastic pipe, each operator
shall record and maintain for the life of the pipeline the following in-
formation for each pipeline segment:
(A) all specification information printed on the pipe;
(B) the total length;
(C) a citation to the applicable joining procedures used
for the pipe and the fittings; and
(D) the location of the installation to distinguish the end
points. A pipeline segment is defined as a continuous piping where the
pipe specification required by ASTM D2513 or ASTM D2517 does not
change.
(c) Plastic pipe inventory report. Beginning March 15, 2005,
and annually thereafter, each operator shall report to the Commission
the amount of plastic pipe in natural gas service as of December 31 of
the previous year. The amount of plastic pipe shall be determined by
a review of the records of the operator and shall be reported on Form
PS-81, Plastic Pipe Inventory. The report shall include the following:
(1) system;
(2) miles of pipe;
(3) calendar year of installation;
(4) nominal pipe size;
(5) material designation code;
(6) pipe category; and
(7) pipe manufacturer.
(d) Electronic format required. Operators of systems with
more than 1,000 customers shall file the reports required by this
section electronically in a format specified by the Commission.
(e) Report forms; signature required. Operators shall complete
all forms required to be filed in accord with this section, including sig-
natures of company officials. The Commission may consider the fail-
ure of an operator to complete all forms as required to be a violation
under Texas Utilities Code, Chapter 121, and may seek penalties as
permitted by that chapter.
8.230. School Piping Testing.29 TexReg 4400 May 7, 2004 Texas Register
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