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(e) Work-Write Ups. The Department shall review work-write
ups (also referred to as "scope of work") and cost estimates prior to the
Administrator soliciting bids.
(f) Bids. The Department shall review all line item bids Ad-
ministrators select for award prior to the commencement of construc-
tion. Lump sum bids will not be accepted.
(g)  Change orders. Administrators seeking change orders
must obtain written Department approval prior to the commencement
of any work related to the proposed change. Failure to get prior
Departmental approval may result in disallowed costs.
26.28. Amy Young Barrier Removal Program Project Completion
Requirements.
(a) The Administrator has ninety calendar days to complete all
construction activities and submit the Project and Administrative draw
request, with required supporting documentation, in the Housing Con-
tract System for reimbursement by the Department. The Department
may grant a one-time, 30-calendar day extension to the Project com-
pletion deadline due to extenuating circumstances that were beyond the
Administrator's control.
(b) The Department will reimburse the Administrator in one,
single payment after the Administrator's successful submission of the
Project and Administrative draw request per Department instructions.
Interim draws will not be permitted. The Department reserves the right
to delay draw approval in the event that the Household expresses dissat-
isfaction with the work completed in order to resolve any outstanding
conflicts between the Household and/or the Administrators and their
subcontractors.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the adop-
tion and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal au-
thority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on October 16,
2017.
TRD-201704147
Beau Eccles
General Counsel
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Effective date: November 5, 2017
Proposal publication date: August 11, 2017
For further information, please call: (512) 475-4828
TITLE 16. ECONOMIC REGULATION

PART 1.
TEXAS

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF

CHAPTER 8. PIPELINE SAFETY
REGULATIONS
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL REQUIRE-
MENTS AND DEFINITIONS
16 TAC  8.1
The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) adopts
an amendment to  8.1, relating to General Applicability and
Standards,nto update federal provisions and citations. The
Commission adopts the amendment without change from the

proposed text as published in the September 1, 2017, issue of
the Texas Register (42 TexReg 4397).
The Commission adopts the amendment in  8.1(b) to update
the minimum safety standards and to adopt by reference the
United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) pipeline
safety standards found in 49 U.S.C.   60101, et seq.; 49
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 191, Transportation of
Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline; Annual Reports, Incident
Reports, and Safety-Related Condition Reports; 49 CFR Part
192, Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline:
Minimum Federal Safety Standards; 49 CFR Part 193, Liquefied
Natural Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards; 49 CFR
Part 195, Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline; 49
CFR Part 199, Drug and Alcohol Testing; and 49 CFR Part
40, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol
Testing Programs. The rule adopted the federal pipeline safety
standards as of October 4, 2014; the newly adopted amend-
ment amends the date to October 30, 2017. The federal safety
rule amendments that will be captured are summarized in the
following paragraphs.
Docket PHMSA-2011-0337, published at 80 Fed. Reg. 165,
amended 49 CFR Parts 192, 193, 195, and 199 to incorpo-
rate by reference new, updated, or reaffirmed editions of the
voluntary consensus technical standards. This action allows
pipeline operators to use current technologies, improved ma-
terials, and updated industry and management practices. The
amendment did not require pipeline operators to take on any
significant new pipeline safety initiatives. The final rule was ef-
fective March 6, 2015. PHMSA later published a correction to
Docket PHMSA-2011-0337 at 80 Fed. Reg. 46847. The origi-
nal document inadvertently removed paragraphs (b)(1) through
(b)(4) in 49 CFR 192.153; incorrectly listed a cross-reference in
193.2321(b)(1); incorrectly formatted the word "see" in various
sections, and specified an incorrect authority in Part 193. The
correcting amendments were effective August 6, 2015.
Docket PHMSA-2010-0026, published at 80 Fed. Reg. 12762,
amended 49 CFR Parts 191, 192, and 195 to make miscel-
laneous updates regarding performance of post-construction
inspections, leak surveys of Type B onshore gas gathering
lines, qualifying plastic pipe joiners, regulation of ethanol, trans-
portation of pipe, filing of offshore pipeline condition reports,
and calculation of pressure reductions for hazardous liquid
pipeline anomalies. The final rule was effective October 1, 2015.
However, on September 30, 2015, PHMSA published at 80 Fed.
Reg. 58633 a response to petitions for reconsideration, which
delayed the effective date indefinitely for amendments to 49
CFR 192.305, relating to responsibility to conduct construction
inspections. As of the date of this rulemaking, PHMSA has
not announced a new effective date for the amendments to
192.305. Therefore, those amendments are not incorporated
into  8.1.
Docket DOT-2016-18328, published at 81 Fed. Reg. 52364,
amended 49 CFR Part 40 to conform Department of Transporta-
tion (DOT) drug and alcohol testing regulations to legislation that
changed the definition of "service agent." The new definition of
"service agent" includes all entities that provide services for DOT
mandated drug and alcohol programs. The final rule was effec-
tive August 8, 2016.
Docket PHMSA-2013-0163, published at 82 Fed. Reg. 7972,
amended 49 CFR Parts 191, 192, 195, and 199, to address
requirements of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and
Job Creation Act of 2011. Specifically, PHMSA added a time

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