Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

(a) Every operator shall maintain all of the following: (1) A map, drawing, or diagram that indicates the location of the distribution system’s main and service lines, tank (or tanks), regulators, the identity and location of key valves, and the identity of the supplier. (2) A co…

Except as specified in Section 4456, after each inspection, the commission shall furnish the operator, or a representative designated in writing by the operator, with a written copy of the inspection report within 30 days of the inspection. The report shall indicate any violation…

(a) If the commission determines the presence of a propane leak or other safety hazard in the distribution system, which poses a significant or immediate danger to the health and safety of the distribution system’s customers, it shall notify the supplier serving the distribution …

(a) Any operator who commits a violation enumerated in subdivision (f) of Section 4453 or who fails to file the report required by Section 4454 or fails to comply with a directive of the commission pursuant to Section 4456 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousa…

(a) The commission shall establish a surcharge to be paid by operators with distribution systems subject to this chapter on propane purchased for distribution to their customers. The surcharge shall be designed to partially recover the commission’s costs of the propane safety ins…

The commission may adopt rules and orders to carry out this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 388, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)

(a) In each distribution system, the operator shall post on the premises the current emergency telephone numbers for, at a minimum, the operator, the supplier, the fire department, and the responsible person as defined by Section 18603 of the Health and Safety Code, and shall mai…

Prior to January 1, 1996, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board shall adopt by reference the 1992 edition of NFPA 58 Standard for the Storage and Handling of Liquified Petroleum Gasses, or as that 1992 edition may be subsequently amended or supplemented. It is the in…

(a) This chapter hereby creates a trust fund known as the propane safety inspection and enforcement program trust fund. The trust fund shall be administered by the commission. (b) The trust fund shall be used to partially support the funding requirements of the propane safety ins…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this chapter, as added by Chapter 388 of the Statutes of 1994, shall not be implemented unless sufficient federal funding has been annually appropriated to the Public Utilities Commission to ensure that only those charges specifically f…

(a) The commission in administering the trust fund, shall be responsible for the identification of the pertinent operators and for the collection of the surcharges from the operators. (b) The commission may use a balancing account, in conjunction with the trust fund, to account f…

(a) If any operator subject to this chapter is in default of the payment of the surcharge required by this chapter for a period of 30 days or more, the commission may estimate from all available information the appropriate fee and may add to the amount of the estimated fee a pena…