Chapter PSC 135
GAS SAFETY
Subchapter I — General Provisions
PSC 135.011 Character of construction, maintenance, and operation.
PSC 135.012 Facilities, inspection and repairs.
PSC 135.013 Application of rules.
PSC 135.014 Protection of gas pipeline facilities.
PSC 135.015 Interference with gas pipeline facilities.
PSC 135.016 Leak survey reports.
PSC 135.017 Over-pressure protection.
PSC 135.019 Adoption of federal minimum pipeline safety standards by reference.
PSC 135.125 Design of copper pipe addition [
49 CFR 192.125].
PSC 135.163 Compressor stations: design and construction additions [
49 CFR 192.163].
PSC 135.171 Compressor stations: additional safety equipment addition [
49 CFR 192.171].
PSC 135.173 Compressor stations: ventilation addition [
49 CFR 192.173].
PSC 135.181 Distribution line valves addition [
49 CFR 192.181].
PSC 135.183 Vaults: structural design requirements additions [
49 CFR 192.183].
PSC 135.187 Vaults: sealing, venting, and ventilation addition [
49 CFR 192.187].
PSC 135.189 Vaults: drainage and waterproofing additions [
49 CFR 192.189].
PSC 135.195 Protection against accidental overpressuring additions [
49 CFR 192.195].
PSC 135.197 Control of the pressure of gas delivered from high-pressure distribution systems additions [
49 CFR 192.197].
PSC 135.199 Requirements for design of pressure relief and limiting devices additions [
49 CFR 192.199].
PSC 135.279 Copper pipe addition [
49 CFR 192.279].
PSC 135.307 Inspection of materials addition [
49 CFR 192.307].
PSC 135.309 Repair of steel pipe addition [
49 CFR 192.309].
PSC 135.319 Installation of pipe in a ditch additions [
49 CFR 192.319].
PSC 135.321 Installation of plastic pipe additions [
49 CFR 192.321].
PSC 135.325 Underground clearance addition [
49 CFR 192.325].
PSC 135.355 Customer meters and regulators: protection from damage additions [
49 CFR 192.355].
PSC 135.365 Service lines: location of valves addition [
49 CFR 192.365].
PSC 135.371 Service lines: steel addition [
49 CFR 192.371].
PSC 135.375 Service lines: plastic addition [
49 CFR 192.375].
PSC 135.377 Service lines: copper additions [
49 CFR 192.377].
PSC 135.457 External corrosion control: buried or submerged pipelines installed before August 1, 1971 addition [
49 CFR 192.457].
PSC 135.505 Strength test requirements for steel pipeline to operate at a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SMYS addition [
49 CFR 192.505].
PSC 135.511 Test requirements for service lines addition [
49 CFR 192.511].
PSC 135.613 Continuing surveillance additions [
49 CFR 192.613].
PSC 135.614 Damage prevention program addition. [
49 CFR 192.614].
PSC 135.621 Maximum allowable operating pressure: high-pressure distribution systems additions [
49 CFR 192.621].
PSC 135.623 Maximum allowable operating pressure: low-pressure distribution systems addition [
49 CFR 192.623].
PSC 135.629 Purging of pipelines addition [
49 CFR 192.629].
PSC 135.707 Line markers for mains and transmission lines addition [
49 CFR 192.707].
PSC 135.713 Transmission lines: permanent field repair of imperfections and damages addition [
49 CFR 192.713].
PSC 135.723 Distribution systems: leakage surveys additions [
49 CFR 192.723].
PSC 135.727 Abandonment or deactivation of facilities addition [
49 CFR 192.727].
PSC 135.735 Compressor stations: storage of combustible materials addition [
49 CFR 192.735].
PSC 135.741 Pressure limiting and regulating stations: telemetering or recording gauges addition [
49 CFR 192.741].
PSC 135.747 Valve maintenance: distribution systems addition [
49 CFR 192.747].
PSC 135.751 Prevention of accidental ignition addition [
49 CFR 192.751].
Ch. PSC 135 History
History: Chapter PSC 135 as it was in effect on May 31, 1972 was repealed and a new chapter PSC 135 was created,
Register, May, 1972, No. 197, effective 6-1-72. Chapter PSC 135 as it existed on October 31, 1999 was repealed and a new chapter PSC 135 was created,
Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99.
PSC 135.011
PSC 135.011 Character of construction, maintenance, and operation. All gas transmission, distribution, and utilization equipment and facilities shall be constructed, installed, operated, and maintained in a reasonably adequate and safe manner and as more specifically provided for in this chapter.
PSC 135.011 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99.
PSC 135.012
PSC 135.012 Facilities, inspection and repairs. All facilities shall be cleaned when necessary and inspected at such intervals as experience has shown to be necessary. Any facilities known to be defective so as to endanger life or property shall be promptly repaired, permanently disconnected, or isolated until repairs can be made. Construction, repairs, additions, and changes to gas transmission and distribution facilities shall be made by qualified persons only.
PSC 135.012 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99.
PSC 135.013(1)(1)
Every gas public utility and gas pipeline operator that operates gas transmission or distribution facilities in this state shall comply with this chapter.
PSC 135.013(2)
(2)
Waiving rules. The provisions of this chapter may be modified or waived by the public service commission. They may be so modified or waived in particular cases wherever shown to be impracticable for special reasons or where the advantage of uniformity with existing construction is greater than the advantage of construction in compliance with the rules providing the existing construction is reasonably safe or if equivalent or safer construction is secured in other ways.
PSC 135.013(3)
(3)
Temporary installations. It may sometimes be necessary to modify or waive certain of the provisions in this chapter in case of temporary installations or installations which are shortly to be dismantled or reconstructed. Such temporary construction may be used for a reasonable length of time provided it is under competent supervision while it or adjoining equipment is under pressure or if it is protected by suitable barriers or warning signs when accessible to any person, without fully complying with this chapter; but all such construction shall be made reasonably safe.
PSC 135.013(4)
(4)
Emergency. In case of emergency or pending decision of the public service commission, the person responsible for the installation may decide as to modification or waiver of any rule or order, subject to review by the public service commission.
PSC 135.013 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99.
PSC 135.014
PSC 135.014 Protection of gas pipeline facilities. PSC 135.014(1)(1)
A gas pipeline operator, upon receiving notice as provided in s.
66.0831 or
182.0175 (2m), Stats., of work which may affect its facilities used for serving the public shall:
PSC 135.014(1)(a)
(a) If the notice is of work covered by s.
66.0831, Stats., investigate and decide what action, if any, must reasonably be taken to protect or alter utility facilities in order to protect service to the public and to avoid unnecessary damage. The gas pipeline operator shall take such action as is reasonably necessary to protect, remove, alter, or reconstruct its facilities, and shall perform such work with reasonable dispatch taking into account the conditions to be met. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect any right which the gas pipeline operator may have to require advance payment or adequate assurance of payment of reasonable costs to the gas pipeline operator by the property owner or contractor.
PSC 135.014(2)
(2) The gas pipeline operator may, in order to protect its interests, require that the owner or contractor perform certain work upon that part of the service piping or wiring on or being removed from the property upon which the excavating, building, or wrecking operations are being performed.
PSC 135.014(3)
(3) This section is not intended to affect the responsibility of the contractor or owner, or the liability or legal rights of any party.
PSC 135.014 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99; corrections in (1) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register February 2004, No. 578.
PSC 135.015
PSC 135.015 Interference with gas pipeline facilities. PSC 135.015(1)(1)
A gas pipeline operator having any work upon, over, along, or under any public street, highway or private property near existing gas pipeline facilities shall give reasonable notice to another public utility or operator and shall exercise care when working in close proximity to such existing facilities. Sections
66.0831 and
182.0175, Stats., shall be observed where applicable. In all other cases such notice shall provide another public utility or operator with a reasonable opportunity to protect or alter its facilities and such work shall not proceed without an agreement concerning the location and nature of the proposed work.
PSC 135.015(2)
(2) Nothing in sub.
(1) shall prevent a gas pipeline operator from proceeding as quickly as possible with any emergency construction work which might interfere with existing facilities.
PSC 135.015 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99; correction in (1) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register February 2004, No. 578.
PSC 135.016
PSC 135.016 Leak survey reports. The federal department of transportation, office of pipeline safety, requires each operator of a distribution system or of a transmission system to submit an annual report for the preceding calendar year not later than March 15. The operators of such systems in this state shall submit a copy of these reports to the public service commission on or before the filing date as required by the federal regulations. In addition to this annual report and at the same time, the operators shall report the number of leaks which were found in customer-owned facilities by either a survey or complaint during the preceding calendar year.
PSC 135.016 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99.
PSC 135.017
PSC 135.017 Over-pressure protection. Over-pressure protection is required by
49 CFR 192.197 and shall apply to all installations in this state.
PSC 135.017 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99;
CR 21-049: am. Register March 2022 No. 795, eff. 4-1-22.
PSC 135.019
PSC 135.019 Adoption of federal minimum pipeline safety standards by reference.
