Upon the conclusion of the inspector's investigation and all laboratory or other tests and discovery and before the inspector's filing of a formal incident report, the inspector shall notify the pipeline operator that the inspector has completed the investigation. The pipeline operator or the inspector may request a meeting to discuss investigation findings and incident report contents prior to or following the filing of an incident report by the inspector.

Source: 36 SDR 57, effective October 19, 2009.

General Authority: SDCL 49-34B-4 , 49-34B-19.

Law Implemented: SDCL 49-34B-3 , 49-34B-4 , 49-34B-5 , 49-34B-7 , 49-34B-19 , 49-34B-27.