California § 65963.2 - For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1

§ 65963.2. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission. (2) “Pipeline integrity management program” means a program verified by the commission to be in compliance with state or federal regulations that includes an activity undertaken by a gas corporation that is a public utility to enhance the safety of a natural gas pipeline as required by the commission, or the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in Subpart O of Part 192 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations and 74 Federal Register 63906 (December 4, 2009). (3) “Pipeline project” means a pipeline inspection, remediation, removal, or replacement, including any valve, flange, meter, or other piece of equipment directly attached to the pipeline, in accordance with a pipeline integrity management program. (b) A city, county, or city and county shall act on an application by a gas corporation that is a public utility for a ministerial pipeline project permit within a public street or highway or any other public right-of-way within 10 business days of determining that an application for the pipeline project is complete. (c) If the city, county, or city and county cannot act on the application within 10 business days of determining that an application for the pipeline project is complete pursuant to subdivision (b), the city, county, or city and county shall provide the gas corporation with a written timeline indicating the time, which shall occur as soon as possible, by which the city, county, or city and county will act on the application.