S05206 Summary:
| BILL NO | S05206C |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A05083-D |
| SPONSOR | GRIFFO |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §67-b, Pub Serv L | |
| Relates to reporting requirements for various classifications of gas leaks by utility corporations. | |
S05206 Actions:
| BILL NO | S05206C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/07/2015 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/10/2015 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/10/2015 | PRINT NUMBER 5206A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/2015 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/2015 | PRINT NUMBER 5206B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/06/2016 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 02/22/2016 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 02/22/2016 | PRINT NUMBER 5206C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/10/2016 | 1ST REPORT CAL.778 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/11/2016 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/16/2016 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/17/2016 | COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S05206 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5206--C 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to reporting of natural gas leaks by gas corporations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 67-b to read as follows: 3 § 67-b. Natural gas leak classifications. 1. The department shall 4 establish a uniform natural gas leak classification system as set forth 5 in this section. 6 2. All leaks shall be assessed a class based on the following system: 7 (a) Type 1 classification. (1) A Type 1 leak is one which, due to its 8 location and/or relative magnitude, constitutes a potentially hazardous 9 condition to the public or buildings. In the event of a Type 1 leak 10 classification the following requirements apply: 11 (i) the leak shall require an immediate effort to protect life and 12 property; 13 (ii) continuous action shall be thereafter taken until the condition 14 is no longer hazardous; and 15 (iii) completion of repairs shall be scheduled on a regular day-aft- 16 er-day basis, or the condition kept under daily surveillance until the 17 source of the leak has been corrected. 18 (2) Type 1 leaks include, but are not limited to: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04871-09-6S. 5206--C 2 1 (i) damage by contractors or outside sources resulting in leakage; 2 (ii) any indication on a combustible gas indicator (CGI) of natural 3 gas entering buildings or tunnels; 4 (iii) any reading on a CGI within five feet (1.5 meters) of a building 5 wall; 6 (iv) any reading of four percent or greater gas-in-air on a CGI within 7 manholes, vaults or catch basins (sampling will be conducted with the 8 structure in its normal condition as nearly as physically possible); or 9 (v) any leak which, in the judgment of the operating personnel at the 10 scene, is regarded as potentially hazardous. 11 (b) Type 2A classification. (1) A Type 2A leak does not present an 12 immediately hazardous condition to the public or buildings, but is of a 13 nature that requires frequent surveillance and scheduled repair. In the 14 event of a Type 2A leak classification the following requirements apply: 15 (i) the leak shall be repaired within a period not to exceed six 16 months; and 17 (ii) the leak shall be maintained under surveillance with a frequency 18 not to exceed two weeks until repaired. 19 (2) Type 2A leaks include, but are not limited to: 20 (i) any reading of ten percent or greater gas-in-air in any area 21 continuously paved from the curbline to the building wall, which is more 22 than five feet (1.5 meters) but within thirty feet (9.1 meters) of the 23 building and inside the curbline or shoulder of the road; 24 (ii) any reading, in an unpaved area, of twenty percent or greater 25 gas-in-air which is more than five feet (1.5 meters) but within twenty 26 feet (6.1 meters) of the building and inside the curbline or shoulder of 27 the road; or 28 (iii) any leak, other than Type 1, which, under frost or other condi- 29 tions, in the judgment of the operating personnel at the scene should be 30 classified as a Type 2A. 31 (c) Type 2 classification. (1) A Type 2 leak does not present an imme- 32 diate hazardous condition to the public or buildings, but is of a nature 33 requiring scheduled repair. In the event of a Type 2 leak classification 34 the following requirements apply: 35 (i) the leak shall be repaired within a period not to exceed one year, 36 except that leaks classified under clause (v) of subparagraph two of 37 this paragraph shall be repaired within six months; and 38 (ii) the leak shall be maintained under surveillance with a frequency 39 not to exceed two months, except that leaks classified under clause (v) 40 of subparagraph two of this paragraph shall be surveilled every two 41 weeks. 42 (2) Type 2 leaks include, but are not limited to: 43 (i) any reading less than ten percent gas-in-air between the building 44 and the curbline in any area continuously paved which is more than five 45 feet (1.5 meters) but within thirty feet (9.1 meters) of the building 46 and inside the curbline or shoulder of the road; or 47 (ii) any reading less than twenty percent gas-in-air in any unpaved 48 area which is more than five feet (1.5 meters) but within twenty feet 49 (6.1 meters) of a building and inside the curbline or shoulder of the 50 road; or 51 (iii) any reading of thirty percent or greater gas-in-air in an 52 unpaved area which is more than twenty feet (6.1 meters) but within 53 fifty feet (15.2 meters) of a building and inside the curbline or shoul- 54 der of the road; or 55 (iv) any reading of thirty percent or greater gas-in-air in a paved 56 area which is more than thirty feet (9.1 meters) but within fifty feetS. 5206--C 3 1 (15.2 meters) of a building and inside the curbline or shoulder of the 2 road; or 3 (v) any reading above one percent but below four percent gas-in-air, 4 within manholes, vaults or catch basins (sampling will be conducted with 5 the structure in its normal condition as nearly as is physically possi- 6 ble). 7 (d) Type 3 classification. A Type 3 leak is not immediately hazardous 8 at the time of detection and can be reasonably expected to remain that 9 way. 10 (1) A Type 3 leak is any leak not classified as Type 1, 2A or 2. 11 (2) Type 3 leaks shall be reevaluated during the next required leakage 12 survey or annually, whichever is less. 13 3. Beginning March first, two thousand seventeen, each gas corporation 14 shall report annually to the department the location of each Type 1, 15 Type 2A, Type 2 and Type 3 leak existing as of that date classified by 16 the corporation, the date each Type 1, Type 2A, Type 2 and Type 3 leak 17 was classified and the date of repair performed on each Type 1, Type 2A, 18 Type 2 and Type 3 leak as part of its required gas surveillance program 19 as required under its approved operations and maintenance programs. A 20 gas corporation shall specify any reclassification of previously identi- 21 fied leaks in its report. Such gas leak information shall be made avail- 22 able to any municipal or state official with responsibility for public 23 safety and any member of the legislature upon request to the department. 24 4. Upon the undertaking of a significant project exposing confirmed 25 natural gas infrastructure, and with sufficient notice, a municipality 26 or the state shall submit notification of the project to the relevant 27 gas corporation. The gas corporation shall survey the project area for 28 the presence of Type 1, Type 2A, or Type 2 leaks and set repair and 29 replacement schedules for all known or newly detected Type 1, Type 2A, 30 or Type 2 leaks. The gas corporation shall ensure that any shut off 31 valve in the significant project area has a gate box installed upon it 32 or a reasonable alternative that would otherwise ensure continued public 33 safety and that any critical valve that has not been inspected and test- 34 ed within the past twelve months is verified to be operational and 35 accessible. The gas corporation shall provide the repair and replacement 36 schedule of gas leaks to the municipality or the state. 37 5. The commission shall commence a proceeding to investigate whether 38 New York state should require the winter surveillance and patrol of cast 39 iron or ductile iron pipelines in the state and shall determine whether 40 the presence of extended frost cap conditions may result in additional 41 stress on cast iron or ductile iron pipe segments, requiring enhanced 42 surveillance and patrol. The commission is authorized to establish mini- 43 mum uniform procedures for cast iron and ductile iron surveillance and 44 patrols. Gas corporations are authorized to establish procedures that 45 exceed any minimum standards at their discretion. 46 6. The department, upon the request of a municipal or state official 47 with responsibility for public safety, may require a reevaluation of a 48 Type 3 leak prior to the next scheduled survey, or sooner than twelve 49 months of the date last evaluated, if the official has a reasonable 50 belief that the Type 3 leak poses a threat to public safety. 51 7. The commission shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement 52 the uniform natural gas leak classifications as specified in this 53 section and shall oversee and monitor each gas corporation's response 54 and reporting. 55 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 56 have become a law.