Upon application by any person engaged in the transportation of gas or oil or owning or operating gas or oil pipeline facilities, the commission may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, and under such terms and conditions, and to such extent as the commission deems appropriate, waive compliance with any regulation established under the Pipeline Safety Act [70-3-11 to 70-3-20 NMSA 1978], if the commission determines that a waiver of compliance with the regulation is not inconsistent with pipeline safety. Any waiver for the transportation of gas or for gas pipeline facilities shall be subject to approval by the federal agency having jurisdiction as provided in Section 3(e) of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, being Public Law 90-481.
History: 1953 Comp., § 65-4-20, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 71, § 6.
Cross references. — For Section 3 (e) of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, see 49 U.S.C. § 1672(d).
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