RS 30:703: Regulatory designation

A. The secretary shall be the authority to regulate persons engaged in the transportation of hazardous liquids or who own or operate intrastate pipeline facilities for the transportation of hazardous liquids. The secretary shall establish by regulation minimum safety standards for pipeline facilities and the transportation of hazardous liquids and shall be consistent with those rules and regulations authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.

B. The secretary, as permitted by 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq., may certify annually to the secretary of the United States Department of Transportation that the state, through the Department of Conservation and Energy, has regulatory jurisdiction over the safety standards and practice of intrastate pipeline facilities and the transportation of hazardous liquids associated with those facilities. The secretary, as permitted by 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq., may enter into an agency relationship with the United States Department of Transportation to enforce compliance with safety standards with respect to interstate pipeline facilities or the transportation of hazardous liquids associated with those facilities.