Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company
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Effective Date: 10/24/2003, Docket: RP03-612-000, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 77 First Revised Sheet No. 77 : Effective
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 77
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
12.11 Calibration and Test of Measurement Equipment. Southern Trails
will verify the accuracy of all measurement equipment at reasonable
intervals. Southern Trails will provide notice of regular inspections and
calibrations of measurement equipment and any routine orifice plate changes
to the operators of the interconncecting facilities, and the operators or
other contractually designated representative of shippers may attend the
inspections or plate changes. Southern Trails shall not be required to
verify the accuracy of its equipment more frequently than once in a 90-day
period. In the event an operator of an interconnecting facility or their
contractually designated representative notifies Southern Trails that it
desires a special test of any of Southern Trails' measurement equipment, the
parties shall cooperate to secure prompt verification of the accuracy of such
equipment. Any operator of an interconnecting facility or their
contractually designated representative requesting such a special test of
Southern Trails' measurement equipment shall bear Southern Trails' out-of-
pocket costs of the test if the equipment is found to be accurate within two
percent (2%).
12.12 Correction of Measurement Errors. If any measurement equipment is
found to be inaccurate, the equipment will be adjusted immediately to measure
accurately. If the measurement equipment in the aggregate is found to be
inaccurate by two percent (2%) or more at a recording corresponding to the
average hourly rate of gas flow for the period since the last preceding test,
any payments based upon inaccurate measurement will be corrected at the rate
of such inaccuracy for any period that is known definitely or agreed upon. In
the case where the period is not known or agreed upon, such correction will be
for a period extending over one half of the time elapsed since the date of the
last test.
12.13 Failure of Measurement Equipment. If any measurement equipment is
out of service or is found registering inaccurately and the error is not
determinable by test, or by previous recordings, receipts or deliveries
through such equipment will be estimated and agreed to by the parties upon the
first of the following methods that is feasible:
(a) By correcting the error if the percentage of error is
ascertainable by calibration, special test, or mathematical calculation, or,
in the absence of (a);
(b) By using the registration of any check meter or meters, if
installed and accurately registering, or, in the absence of (a) and (b);
(c) By estimating the quantity of gas received or delivered
based on receipts or deliveries during preceding periods under similar
conditions when the measurement equipment was registering accurately.