§ 34-271. Application.

(a)

The director shall be furnished two copies of a pipeline registration application from every owner or operator of the following:

(1)

An active or idled pipeline;

(2)

An abandoned pipeline and about which the owner or operator knows or should know after a reasonable search of the owner's or operator's records;

(3)

A pipeline that lies solely within a public way for which the state, county, flood control district or corps of engineers has primary maintenance responsibility, rather than the city, and who has a permit from such governmental agency and tenders a copy of the permit to the city; and

(4)

A new pipeline constructed in the jurisdiction that is either:

a.

Not in a public way; or

b.

Not inside the corporate boundaries of the city.

(b)

The application shall include at a minimum the following information, with respect to that portion of the pipeline within the jurisdiction, all of which shall be easily reproducible:

(1)

The name, business address and telephone number of the pipeline owner and operator;

(2)

The names, titles and telephone numbers of the following persons:

a.

The person submitting the information;

b.

The principal contact for submittal information; and

c.

The 24-hour emergency contact, who:

1.

Can initiate appropriate actions to respond to a pipeline emergency;

2.

Has access to information on the location of the closest shutoff valve to any specific point in the city or its jurisdiction; and

3.

Can furnish the common name of the material then being carried by the pipeline;

(3)

The origin point and the destination of the pipeline if such points are located in the jurisdiction;

(4)

A description of the substance being transported through the pipeline. A copy of the material safety data sheets for the substance shall be included with the submittal, if the owner or operator is required by federal or state law to have material safety data sheets available;

(5)

The maximum allowable operating pressure on the pipeline as determined according to the U.S. Department of Transportation and state railroad commission procedures or the maximum design strength for unregulated pipelines, if applicable;

(6)

The normal operating pressure range of the pipeline;

(7)

The maximum allowable temperature under which the substance or product may be pumped or otherwise caused or permitted to flow through any and all of the particular portions of the pipeline, if applicable;

(8)

The location of each pipeline including its shutoff valves and its relationship to the public ways to the extent of the best information available to the pipeline owner or operator without requiring that the pipeline be surveyed or resurveyed. The location of shutoff valves must be known in order for emergency responders to clear the area for access to the valves. To the extent that information can be reasonably obtained, drawings shall show the location of other pipelines and utilities that will be crossed or paralleled within five feet, provided that the degree of accuracy shall not be required to exceed the accuracy that can practicably be achieved by using the official city maps made available for this purpose;

(9)

A statement that the pipeline complies with the applicable standards required by this article as well as all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations; and

(10)

The identification of each pipeline as regulated under interstate or intrastate rules and regulations. Where a pipeline is unregulated as to either or both intrastate or interstate rules and regulations, the owner or operator shall so state. The owner or operator shall also specifically identify:

a.

The exculpatory rules or regulations governing the pipeline; and

b.

The operating conditions of the pipeline, which give rise to such unregulated status.

(c)

The director expressly reserves the right to require the submission of additional information if the director reasonably deems the information necessary to meet the requirements of this article. Such supplemental information shall be submitted by the applicant to the director within ten days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and city holidays, of the applicant's receipt of the director's written request. While awaiting the requested information, the period in which the city must process the application shall be tolled.

(d)

All of the information required to be submitted in this section shall be furnished for the pipeline which has not been submitted shall be submitted within one year following the effective date of the ordinance from which this article derives. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate and maintain an existing pipeline in the city after the expiration of the one-year period unless or until the information enumerated in this section has been provided to the director and the registration process has been completed.

(e)

The registration application shall be reviewed by the director, the director of planning and community development, the fire chief, the director of public works and the emergency management and preparedness coordinator for review.

(f)

The requirements of this section shall not apply to any pipeline that:

(1)

Is located within an oil or gas field;

(2)

Is or was used in connection with the operation or production of the field; and

(3)

Does not cross a public way.

(Code 1967, § 11¼-20; Ord. No. 7839, § 1, 11-12-96)