La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XI-143

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XI-143 - Governing Compilation and Publication of Information Pursuant to Sections 546.A.(5) and 550 of the Act

A. This regulation shall apply to the gathering, analysis, maintenance and publication of information on intrastate natural gas pipelines, transporters, distributors, and users of natural gas, pursuant to Sections 546. A.(5) and 550 of the Act.

B. All information required by this regulation shall be filed on forms provided by the Office of Conservation. Each natural gas transporter, gas distributor, power plant and industrial user shall, annually on or before April 1, file the information requested on the appropriate Office of Conservation questionnaire required for transporters, distribution companies, power plants and industrial users. Persons receiving and filing these questionnaires in the past will be provided same before February 1. Other persons required by law and this regulation to file a questionnaire should submit their name, mailing address and type of business to the Louisiana Office of Conservation, Post Office Box 94275, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9275, in order to facilitate timely distribution of the questionnaires.

C. This regulation shall not apply to any industrial user which consumes less than 10 million British Thermal Units (BTU's) of natural gas per day and which employs less than 10 permanent employees. Energy consumption shall be based on the daily average of the month of highest consumption.

D. All data, records, writings, accounts, letters, letter books, photographs or copies thereof gathered under this regulation and in the custody and control of this office which pertain to the business of the person responding to questionnaires or other inquiries are subject to the Public Records Law, R.S. 44:1 et seq., including its provisions pertaining to confidentiality. Any information submitted to this office pursuant to this regulation which is in its nature confidential and which the person submitting wishes to remain confidential should be indicated specifically to be confidential at the time of submission.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XI-143

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 8:650 (December 1982).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:501-599, 601-606.