Section 15-2301. FEDERAL CODE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE

2301.1The federal government’s gas safety regulations for transportation of natural and other gas by pipeline, 49 CFR § 190 (Pipeline Safety Program Procedures), 49 CFR § 191 (Annual Reports and Incident Reports), 49 CFR § 192 (Minimum Federal Safety Standards), and 49 CFR § 199 (Drug Testing) shall be the natural gas pipeline safety standards for intrastate natural gas transmission and distribution facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, except to the extent that the regulations in this chapter are more stringent.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is Paragraph 21 of §8 of An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and for other purposes, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 977); as amended by §2 of the Public Utilities Amendment Act of 1989, D.C. Law 8-47, D.C. Code §43-501 (1990 Repl. Vol.).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 6625 (October 24, 1986); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 2381 (April 26, 1991); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 7 (January 4, 2013).