Section 15-2314. RECORDS

2314.1Each gas corporation or small gas operator shall organize, prepare, and maintain all necessary records and reports to insure and to demonstrate compliance with this chapter. All records and reports shall be available for inspection at all times by the Commission, its staff, or its authorized employees in the normal discharge of their duties.

2314.2Each gas corporation or small gas operator shall maintain specifications for material and equipment, installation, testing, and fabricating.

2314.3Each gas corporation or small gas operator shall maintain plans covering operating and maintenance procedures, including the maximum allowable operating pressures to which all lines are intended to be subjected.

2314.4The gas corporation or small gas operator shall record and retain records indicating the location of all pipelines which it owns so that the records are as accurate as reasonably practicable, based on the gas corporation or small gas operator’s information as of two (2) months from the date of installation or change.  The installation date of a new or replaced utility is considered the pressure test date of the utility after installation.

 

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, 6630 (October 24, 1986); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 7 (January 4, 2013).