52 Pa. Code § 61.42. Safety and compliance with standard code.

§ 61.42. Safety and compliance with standard code.

(a)  Responsibility. A steam utility shall at all times use reasonable effort to properly warn and protect the public from danger, and shall exercise reasonable care to reduce the hazards to which employees, customers and others may be subjected to by reason of its equipment or facilities.
(b)  Standard code. Steam distribution pipeline facilities installed after December 2, 2017, shall be designed, constructed, tested, operated and maintained in accordance with the most updated and applicable standards of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Two Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990, https://www.asme.org/. The Commission has the discretion to determine whether a redesign, repair, modification or replacement of a facility constitutes a new facility subject to these regulations.
(c)  Statutory compliance. A steam utility shall comply with sections 1—11 of the act of December 10, 1974 (73 P.S. § §  176—186), known as the Underground Utility Line Protection Act, and Pennsylvania One Call.
(d)  Enforcement. A steam utility will be subject to inspections as necessary to assure compliance with this section. The facilities, books and records of a steam utility shall be accessible to the Commission and its staff for the inspections. A steam utility shall provide the Commission or its staff with the reports, supplemental data and information requested by Commission staff to administer and enforce this section.
(e)  Records. A steam utility shall keep adequate records as required for compliance with this subsection for 3 years. The records shall be accessible to the Commission and its staff.
(f)  New facility. A facility that is repaired, modified or constructed on or after January 18, 2018, will be considered a new facility.

Authority

   The provisions of this §  61.42 issued under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § §  501 and 1501.

Source

   The provisions of this §  61.42 adopted December 1, 2017, effective December 2, 2107, 47 Pa.B. 7314.

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