N.D. Cent. Code § 49-19-13: Hearings on rates of pipeline carrier - Power of commission

The commission shall establish and enforce rates or charges and regulations for gathering, transporting, loading, and delivering crude petroleum, coal, or gas by common pipeline carriers in this state, and for the use of storage facilities necessarily incident to such transportation, and shall prescribe and enforce rules and regulations for the government and control of such common pipeline carriers in respect to their pipelines and receiving, transferring, and loading facilities. It shall exercise such power upon petition by any person showing substantial interest in the subject matter. No order establishing or prescribing rates, rules, and regulations shall be made except after hearing and notice to the common pipeline carrier affected.