Minnesota Statutes Public Safety (Ch. 299A-299N) § 299J.04. Duties of Office of Pipeline Safety

(1) enforcesections 216D.01to216D.09, as provided insections 216D.08and216D.09;

(2) maintain a database of all pipeline and LNG facility emergency releases;

(3) inspect, as necessary, any record, map, or written procedure required bysections 299J.01to299J.17to be kept by a pipeline operator concerning the reporting of emergency releases, and the design, construction, testing, or operation and maintenance of pipelines and LNG facilities; and

(4) adopt rules to implementsections 299J.01to299J.17.

The rules adopted under clause (4) must treat separately and distinguish between hazardous liquid and gas pipelines and must be compatible with federal laws and regulations.

Subd. 2. Delegated duties. (a) The commissioner shall seek and accept federal designation of the office's pipeline inspectors as federal agents for the purposes of enforcement of the federal Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act,United States Code, title 49, sections 2001to2014, the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act,United States Code, title 49, sections 1671to1686, and federal rules adopted to implement those acts. The commissioner shall establish and submit to the United States Secretary of Transportation an inspection program that complies with requirements for delegated interstate agent inspection authority.

(b) To the extent that federal delegation of interstate agent inspection authority permits, the inspection program for interstate pipelines and LNG facilities must be the same as the inspection program for intrastate pipelines and LNG facilities. If the United States Secretary of Transportation delegates inspection authority to the state as provided in this subdivision, the commissioner, at a minimum, shall do the following to carry out the delegated federal authority: