Texas: 2011 State Damage Prevention Program

Overview

Fast Facts
State	Texas
Project No.	395
Grant No.	DTPH56-11-G-PHPS15
Grant Recipient	Texas Railroad Commission Railroad Commission of Texas P.O. Box 12967 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78711-2967 Austin, TX 78711-2967
GOTR	Sam Hall Annmarie Robertson
Grantee Contact Info	Kendall Smith Railroad Commission of Texas P.O. Box 12967 Austin, TX 73711-2967 (512)463-7047

Financial and Status Data
Project Status	Closed
Start Fiscal Year	2011 (04/08/2011)
End Fiscal Year	2012 (04/07/2012)
PHMSA $$ Budgeted	$100,000.00

Main Objective

This project will address laws and regulations of the damage prevention process.

Public Abstract

ELEMENT 7 - ENFORCEMENT: The Commission's damage prevention staff have developed an enforcement program based on the online report of damage system. All data collected by pipeline operators and excavators is used to develop enforcement cases against the operator or excavator for violation of the underground damage prevention regulations. Funding of this "element" will allow the Commission to dedicate the necessary Information Technology Section (ITS) resources to update the online system to collect additional data to help with the enforcement cases.