Regulations to ensure safe operation and maintenance of storage facilities and intrastate pipelines; Commission has final authority to regulate such facilities and pipelines; civil penalty.
1. The Commission may adopt such regulations as are necessary to ensure the safe operation and maintenance of all storage facilities and intrastate pipelines in this state which are used to store and transport natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, in its liquid or vapor form, or any mixture thereof. Regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection do not apply to activities that are subject to the provisions of NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, or chapter 704 of NRS.
2. If the Commission and any other governmental entity or agency of the State have coexisting jurisdiction over the regulation of such storage facilities and intrastate pipelines, the Commission has the final authority to regulate those facilities and pipelines and to take such actions as are necessary to carry out the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1.
3. A person who violates any of the provisions of a regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection 1 is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 per day for each day of the violation and not to exceed $200,000 for any related series of violations. The amount of the civil penalty must be determined and may be compromised in the manner provided in NRS 703.380.
Last modified: February 26, 2006