Pennsylvania Statutes Title 58 P.S. Oil and Gas § 801.501. General powers of commission

(1) To investigate a service, act, practice, policy or omission by a pipeline operator to determine compliance with this act.

(2) To investigate a pipeline transportation facility to determine if it is hazardous to life or property.

(3) To investigate the existence or report of a safety-related condition that involves a pipeline transportation facility.

(4) To enter into contracts or agreements with the United States Department of Transportation to inspect intrastate or interstate transmission facilities.

(5) Accept grants-in-aid, cash and reimbursements made available to the Commonwealth by the Federal Government to implement Federal pipeline safety laws or other Federal law.

(6) To advise, consult and cooperate with the Federal Government, other states and other agencies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.

(7) To enforce the Federal pipeline safety laws and, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, impose civil penalties and fines and take other appropriate enforcement action.

(8) For purposes of petroleum gas, the commission's jurisdiction under this act shall be limited to those petroleum gas systems that are the following: