1. (a) Subject to the provisions, conditions, and restrictions of these rules and of O.C.G.A. Secs. 22-3-80 through 22-3-85, Petroleum Pipeline companies are granted the power to acquire property or interests in property by eminent domain for the purpose of an Expansion, an Extension, Maintenance, or construction of a New Petroleum Pipeline.
2. (b) No Petroleum Pipeline Company shall exercise the right of eminent domain for the construction of a New Petroleum Pipeline or for the Extension of a Petroleum Pipeline without first obtaining from the Commissioner a Certificate that such action is authorized pursuant to the provisions of O.C.G.A. Section 22-3-83.
3. (c) No Certificate shall be required of a Petroleum Pipeline Company that is exercising the power of eminent domain for the purpose of Maintenance or Expansion.
4. (d) No Certificate shall be required of a Petroleum Pipeline Company that is not exercising the power of eminent domain to acquire property.

Authority: O.C.G.A. § 22-3-83.

History. Original Rule entitled "The Exercise of Eminent Domain for the Construction of a Pipeline" adopted. F. Jun. 3, 1996; eff. Jun. 23, 1996.

Amended: New title "The Exercise of Eminent Domain for the Construction of a Petroleum Pipeline." F. May 1, 2018; eff. May 21, 2018.