Utah utility regulators have shut down a natural gas pipeline in Grand County, citing numerous violations of safety and operational standards that have gone uncorrected for nearly three years.
The Public Service Commission on Wednesday ordered Pacific Energy & Mining Co. to cease moving gas through the 26.2-mille line, which it deems a “hazardous facility” and pay a $100,000 civil penalty.
The action is the latest, and not likely the last, in a long-running effort by the Utah Division of Public Utilities to get Pacific, a Reno, Nev.-based company, to comply with Utah regulations. For example, Pacific could not show it has an adequate leak-detection system, according to division Director Chris Parker.