Section 42.06.340 - Order for joint use or connection(a) When there is failure to agree upon the joint use or interconnection of oil or gas pipeline facilities or the conditions or compensation for joint use or interconnections, any interested person may apply to the commission for an order requiring the interconnection. If, after investigation and opportunity for hearing, the commission finds that public convenience and necessity require the joint use or connection, and that the use or connection will not result in substantial injury to the oil or gas pipeline facility or its customers, or in substantial detriment to the services furnished by the oil or gas pipeline facility, or in the creation of safety hazards, it shall (1) order that the use be permitted;(2) prescribe reasonable conditions and compensation for the joint use;(3) order the interconnection to be made;(4) determine the time and manner of the interconnection;(5) determine the apportionment of costs and responsibility for operation and maintenance of the interconnection.(b) During construction of a pipeline, the commission, after investigation and opportunity for hearing and findings as required in (a) of this section, may order the inclusion, within the pipeline at points that it designates, of special fittings including tees, wyes, spools, reducers, enlargers, flanges, flange plates, valves, and valve boxes, to reduce the time and cost of future connections for the injection and removal of gas and oil from the main pipeline, and to maintain and facilitate intrastate commerce. A request for special fittings may be made by the commissioner of natural resources for the state. A request for special fittings and valves may be made to the commission by a local government, person, company, or corporation. The cost of furnishing and installing the special fittings shall be paid by the state. However, if the special fittings are used by a person for a commercial enterprise or by a municipality for the operation of a utility, the commission shall require that the using person or municipality reimburse the state for the cost of furnishing and installing the special fittings.Amended by SLA 2019, ch. 13,sec. 89, eff. 10/17/2019.