The most significant changes to the Act relate to absolute liability and financial resource requirements, abandonment, pipeline releases, damage prevention, as well as audit and enforcement powers.
AB 864 addresses the use of best available technology (BAT), including, but not limited to, the installation of leak detection technology, automatic shutoff systems, or remote controlled sectionalized block valves, or any combination of these technologies, based on a risk analysis conducted by the operator, to reduce the amount of oil released in an oil spill to protect state waters and wildlife.
Atmos Pipe has already detected more pipeline leaks and ruptures than any other system in the world and the new version is an exponential leap forward
The risk of pipeline rupture always exists, even for operators with the safest operating and maintenance standards.
H.B. 2982 authorizes the RRC to adopt and implement safety standards applicable to the intrastate transportation of hazardous liquids, carbon dioxide, and natural gas in rural locations by gathering pipelines.
