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STATE From Page 1-A and electric departments,” he said. In his letter Anderson said he is amazed that only three field per- sonnel in the gas department re- porting to the gas supervisor per- form all the duties of a system as large as Kings Mountain which serves 3200 people and 85 miles of main. Maney said that in 15 years his staff has been cut 50 percent but the customers have tripled. Anderson has given City Council 30 days to respond with plans to correct the noncompli- ances noted during an inspection November 28. Page 12A - THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD - Thursday, December 14, 1995 that authorization of overtime or additional personnel will bring this back into compliance. Operators shall inspect the haz- ardous pipe locations at intervals not exceeding 4 1/2 months but at least four times every calendar year. The records inspected stated that the department only inspected the locations three times in 1994 and in 1995 they were inspected only in January, March, May and June. Maney said additional per- sonnel will bring this back into compliance. The operator must inspect and maintain critical valves within the last 15 months but at least each cal- endar year. The gas department maintains 32 critical valves. The last time these valves were main- a tained was in July 1994. This time frame exceeds the 15 month crite- ria. Maney said the city has over 200 below ground and natural gas valves. These valves must be kept clean and serviced annually. He says an immediate replacement program must be initiated and old valves that won't operate must be replaced. Each system that is protected by an impressed current rectifier must be inspected six times a year not to exceed 2 1/2 months to in- sure that it is operating. The city has six rectifiers to protect its gas system from corrosion. Four of these were inspected four times, the last was in June 1995. The oth- ers were inspected last in November, however the previous inspection was in June, which ex- ceeds the 2 1/2 month interval. Maney said additional personnel will bring this back into compli- ance. The cathodic protection level to achieve protection must be at: least .85 volts. The system serving 929 Church St. only had a reading of .75 volts. Remedial action is needed to meet compliance. Maney said the service should be replaced or the short causing the problem : corrected. Above pipeline or portion of | pipeline must be coated or jacketed § to prevent atmospheric corrosion. 501 East King Street (Beside Hardee's) Kings Mountain, NC WINSTONS 4 SUNDROP | RC The inspection report listed these areas of non compliance: The city has failed to update a operation and maintenance manual and since the 1994 leak survey on- ly two of the 24 class II leaks have been repaired. Mancy said that money has been budgeted to up- date the manual and the 1995 leak survey is almost complete. Each operation shall establish and maintain liaison with appropri- ate fire, police and other public of- ficials. This has not been done within the last 12 months. Maney has asked Clemmer to set up a meeting with representatives from the fire and police departments. Each operator shall conduct pe- riodic sampling of combustible gases to assure proper concentra- tion of odorant. The city maintains to sample the gas on a bi-monthly SALEMS CARTON Qo *9.99 & 8.99 C GALLON 9 Lh WINSTON SALEM OPEN REGULAR HOURS CHRISTMAS PAY BATTERIES « BLANK VCR TAPES pl 7 bos ol PREGNANT? LET US HELP FREE Pregnancy Test “Bx Pregnancy Information & Assistance Abortion/Adoption Information Medical & Housing Referrals ¢ Clothing & Baby Furniture ALL FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL Mon. ¢ Wed. * Fri. 9:00 - 4:30 & Thurs. Evenings 6:30 - 8:30 Other Hours Available... 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