Section 63-FF. Powers of the commission in respect to liquid petroleum pipeline safety

The commission shall:
    1. Have general supervision over the safety standards  of  all  liquid
  petroleum  pipeline  corporations  having authority under any general or
  special law or under any charter or franchise to lay down  and  maintain
  pipelines,  ducts  or conduits under or above the surface of any area of
  the state for the purpose of the conveying, transporting and  furnishing
  of liquid petroleum and any other such flammable liquids.
    2.  Examine  or  investigate  the  methods  employed in the conveying,
  transporting and furnishing of  liquid  petroleum  in  and  through  the
  state, and have the power to order such reasonable improvements as would
  best  promote  the  public  interest and preserve and protect the public
  health and safety, and in the pursuit of same, establish a basic code of
  liquid petroleum pipeline safety rules and regulations.
    3. Have the power, either  through  its  members,  or  inspectors,  or
  employees  duly  authorized  by  it,  to  enter  upon and to inspect the
  property, pipes, ducts and conduits of any corporation  engaged  in  the
  transportation of petroleum via pipeline.