The State Fire Marshal may, in the interest of public safety, adopt emergency regulations which govern intrastate pipeline emergencies involving railroad car derailments. Any hazardous liquid pipeline located in a rural area shall be exempt from these regulations. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, these emergency regulations shall remain in effect until permanent regulations provided for in Section 51015.2 are adopted, but in no case beyond January 1, 1995.

(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1252, Sec. 4.)

Terms Used In California Government Code 51015.3

  • Pipeline: includes every intrastate pipeline used for the transportation of hazardous liquid substances or highly volatile liquid substances, including a common carrier pipeline, and all piping containing those substances located within a refined products bulk loading facility that is owned by a common carrier and is served by a pipeline of that common carrier, and the common carrier owns and serves by pipeline at least five of these facilities in the state. See California Government Code 51010.5
  • Rural area: means a location that lies outside the limits of any incorporated or unincorporated city or city and county, or other residential or commercial area, such as a subdivision, a business, a shopping center, or a community development. See California Government Code 51010.5
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
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