Underground gas storage facility operator reports of the locations of environmentally sensitive gas pipelines pursuant to AB 1420 (2015); and Data and information submitted by underground gas storage facility operators that is required by current and future Division regulations including, but not limited to, well testing data, risk management plans, and compliance plans. The CPUC will identify testimony and working papers in formal pleadings before the CPUC that implicate gas storage and related infrastructure. The CPUC will provide the relevant documents to the Division for review and feedback. The formal pleadings may include: The General Rate Cases of jurisdictional utilities that own and operate gas storage fields, particularly any filings or analyses related to operations at storage facilities; Any proceeding implicating safety spending and infrastructure improvements at gas storage facilities, such as Southern California Gas Company’s application to establish a Storage Integrity Management Program and the proceeding required by Public Utilities Code Section 714(a) to determine the feasibility of minimizing or eliminating use of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility; and Applications for or amendments to Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct, expand, or repair underground gas storage facilities. After the Division and CPUC provide the above information described in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this section, the recipient Agency will respond in a timely manner, within 10 business days, to better inform the proceedings listed above. The CPUC and the Division will coordinate when performing safety inspections at gas storage facilities and share the results of the inspections with each other on a regular basis. In an event that the CPUC or the Division identify an immediate safety threat, the Agencies will notify each other as soon as practical, but no later than within one business day of the discovery of the safety threat. The CPUC and the Division will coordinate on incident response, including providing technical support to each other as needed. The CPUC and the Division may need to share confidential and privileged information in furtherance of this MOU; all privileged and confidential information may be shared as described in this MOU and as allowed by law, without waiver of any privilege.
Underground gas storage facility operator reports of the locations of environmentally sensitive gas pipelines pursuant to AB 1420 (2015); and Data and information submitted by underground gas storage facility operators that is required by current and future Division regulations including, but not limited to, well testing data, risk management plans, and compliance plans. The CPUC will identify testimony and working papers in formal pleadings before the CPUC that implicate gas storage and related infrastructure. The CPUC will provide the relevant documents to the Division for review and feedback. The formal pleadings may include: The General Rate Cases of jurisdictional utilities that own and operate gas storage fields, particularly any filings or analyses related to operations at storage facilities; Any proceeding implicating safety spending and infrastructure improvements at gas storage facilities, such as Southern California Gas Company’s application to establish a Storage Integrity Management Program and the proceeding required by Public Utilities Code Section 714(a) to determine the feasibility of minimizing or eliminating use of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility; and Applications for or amendments to Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct, expand, or repair underground gas storage facilities. After the Division and CPUC provide the above information described in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this section, the recipient Agency will respond in a timely manner, within 10 business days, to better inform the proceedings listed above. The CPUC and the Division will coordinate when performing safety inspections at gas storage facilities and share the results of the inspections with each other on a regular basis. In an event that the CPUC or the Division identify an immediate safety threat, the Agencies will notify each other as soon as practical, but no later than within one business day of the discovery of the safety threat. The CPUC and the Division will coordinate on incident response, including providing technical support to each other as needed. The CPUC and the Division may need to share confidential and privileged information in furtherance of this MOU; all privileged and confidential information may be shared as described in this MOU and as allowed by law, without waiver of any privilege.
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