§ 30:703 — Regulatory designation

§703. Regulatory designation
A. The secretary shall be the authority to regulate persons engaged in the
transportation of hazardous liquids or who own or operate intrastate pipeline facilities for the
transportation of hazardous liquids. The secretary shall establish by regulation minimum
safety standards for pipeline facilities and the transportation of hazardous liquids and shall
be consistent with those rules and regulations authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.
B. The secretary, as permitted by 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq., may certify annually to
the secretary of the United States Department of Transportation that the state, through the
Department of Conservation and Energy, has regulatory jurisdiction over the safety standards
and practice of intrastate pipeline facilities and the transportation of hazardous liquids
associated with those facilities. The secretary, as permitted by 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq., may
enter into an agency relationship with the United States Department of Transportation to
enforce compliance with safety standards with respect to interstate pipeline facilities or the
transportation of hazardous liquids associated with those facilities.

Legislative History

Acts 1987, No. 794, §1; Acts 2015, No. 332, §1; Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.