Arkansas Code Title 23, Subtitle 1, Chapter 15, Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1971

• § 23-15-201 - Title.
  This subchapter may be cited as the "Arkansas Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1971".
• § 23-15-202 - Purpose.
  It is the purpose of this subchapter to empower the Arkansas Public Service Commission to submit a satisfactory certification pursuant to Section 5 of...
• § 23-15-203 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Commission" means the Arkansas Public Service Commission; (2) "Gas" means natural gas, flammable...
• § 23-15-204 - General Powers of Commission.
  The Arkansas Public Service Commission may: (1) Advise, consult, contract, and cooperate with any agency of the federal government, the State of Arkansas, or...
• § 23-15-205 - Safety Standards.
  (a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission by order may promulgate, amend, enforce, waive, and repeal minimum safety standards for the transportation of gas and...
• § 23-15-206 - Reports, Records, Etc., to Be Maintained -- Access by Commission.
  (a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission may require persons subject to this subchapter to maintain record maintenance, reporting, and inspection.(b) Each person who engages...
• § 23-15-207 - Inspections and Investigations Generally.
  (a) (1) The Arkansas Public Service Commission may make inspections and investigations consistent with this subchapter and conduct investigations of pipeline failures whenever needed,...
• § 23-15-208 - Inspection and Maintenance Plans.
  (a) Each person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates pipeline facilities not subject to the jurisdiction of the...
• § 23-15-209 - Compliance and Waiver.
  (a) Each person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates pipeline facilities shall: (1) At all times after the...
• § 23-15-210 - Confidentiality of Information Obtained by Commission -- Exception.
  (a) All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the Arkansas Public Service Commission or its representative pursuant to the provisions hereof, which information...
• § 23-15-211 - Civil Penalty -- Compromise -- Proceedings.
  (a) A person who violates a provision of § 23-15-209 or a regulation issued under this subchapter is subject to a civil penalty not...
• § 23-15-212 - Injunction and Jurisdiction.
  (a) (1) The Arkansas Public Service Commission pursuant to the provisions of Acts 1935, No. 324, shall have the right to file suit to...
• § 23-15-213 - Tort Liability.
  Nothing in this subchapter shall affect the common law or statutory tort liability of any person.
• § 23-15-214 - Fees -- Definition.
  (a) (1) There is levied and charged and shall be collected by the Arkansas Public Service Commission an annual assessment fee against each natural...
• § 23-15-215 - Legislative Intent Concerning § 23-15-214.
  (a) It is the purpose and intent of the General Assembly in enacting § 23-15-214 to specifically authorize the Arkansas Public Service Commission to...
• § 23-15-216 - Disposition of Funds.
  On receipt of the fees, charges, and penalties provided for in this subchapter, the secretary of the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall pay the...
• § 23-15-217 - Jurisdiction of Commission Over Natural Gas Pipeline Inspections.
  (a) The Office of Pipeline Safety of the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall continue its administration of and shall continue to conduct safety inspections...

Last modified: November 15, 2016