La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XI-1907

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

Section XI-1907 - Training

A. Each operator shall establish and conduct a continuing training program to instruct operating and maintenance personnel to:

1. carry out the operating and maintenance, and emergency procedures established under §1905 that relate to their assignments;

2. know the characteristics and hazards of the carbon dioxide transported;

3. recognize conditions that are likely to cause emergencies, predict the consequences of facility malfunctions or failures and carbon dioxide leaks, and to take appropriate corrective action;

4. take steps necessary to control any accidental release of carbon dioxide and to minimize the potential human danger or environmental damage;

5. learn the proper use of firefighting procedures and equipment, and breathing apparatus by utilizing, where feasible, a simulated pipeline emergency condition; and

6. in the case of maintenance personnel, to safely repair facilities using appropriate special precautions, such as isolation and purging.

B. At intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year, each operator shall:

1. review with personnel their performance in meeting the objectives of the training program set forth in Subsection A of this Section; and

2. make appropriate changes to the training program as necessary to insure that it is effective.

C. Each operator shall require and verify that its supervisors maintain a thorough knowledge of that portion of the procedures established under §1905 for which they are responsible to insure compliance.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XI-1907

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 12:115 (February 1986).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4(C)(17).