(a) Every operator of a pipeline shall conform the pipeline to the federal regulations in Subparts A to F, inclusive, of Part 195 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those regulations may be hereafter amended, in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) On or before July 1, 1984, the pipeline operator shall meet the requirements of subsection (c) of Section 195.401 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, but those requirements shall apply only to a pipeline constructed after January 1, 1984, and shall not apply until January 1, 1991, to a pipeline which transports by gravity or which operates at a stress level of 20 percent or less of the specified minimum yield strength of the pipe.
(2) On or before January 1, 1985, the pipeline operator shall meet the requirements of Section 195.402 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Operators of intrastate pipelines subject to federal regulation under Amendment 195-33 to Part 195 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations issued April 17, 1985, (effective date, October 21, 1985—50 F.R. 15895 et seq.), shall meet the requirements of Section 195.402 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations on or before April 23, 1987.
(3) The pipeline operator shall meet the cathodic protection requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 195.414 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:
(A) On or before October 21, 1986, 25 percent of the required cathodic protection shall be installed.
(B) On or before October 21, 1987, 50 percent of the required cathodic protection shall be installed.
(C) On or before October 19, 1988, all required cathodic protection shall be installed, except as provided in paragraph (D).
(D) On or before January 1, 1991, all required cathodic protection shall be installed on pipelines which transport by gravity or operate at a stress level of 20 percent or less of the specified minimum yield strength of the pipe.
(4) Operators of intrastate pipelines subject to federal regulation under Amendment 195-33 of Part 195 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations issued April 17, 1985, (effective date, October 21, 1985—50 F.R. 15895 et seq.), shall meet the requirements of Section 195.414 (a), (b), and (c) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) For purposes of applying the federal regulations of Part 195 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the word “Secretary,” when it appears in the federal regulations, means the “State Fire Marshal.”
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1195, Sec. 2.)