Natural Gas Pipeline Safety: Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, First Session ... |
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Page 10 - ... (b) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipients that are pertinent to the assistance received under this Act.
Page 33 - ... shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of its proportional contribution thereto.
Page 117 - Playground, recreation area, outdoor theater, or other place of public assembly. (e) A Class 4 location is any class location unit where buildings with four or more stories above ground are prevalent.
Page 113 - Probable Cause The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the...
Page 145 - High-pressure distribution systems. (a) No person may operate a segment of a high pressure distribution system at a pressure that exceeds the lowest of the following pressures, as applicable...
Page 158 - If none of these criteria is applicable, the cathodic protection system must provide a level of cathodic protection at least equal to that provided by compliance with one or more of these criteria. (b) If amphoteric metals are included in a buried or submerged pipeline containing a metal of different anodic potential — (1) The amphoteric metals must be electrically isolated from the remainder of the pipeline and cathodically protected; or (2) The entire buried or submerged pipeline must be cathodically...
Page 154 - Pipeline" means all parts of those physical facilities through which gas moves in transportation, including pipe, valves, and other appurtenance attached to pipe, compressor units, metering stations, regulator stations, delivery stations, holders, and fabricated assemblies. "Pipeline facility...
Page 139 - ... 100 psig must be leak tested in accordance with the following: (a) The test procedure used must ensure discovery of all potentially hazardous leaks in the segment being tested. (b) Each main that is to be operated at less than 1...
Page 133 - Compression-type connection to main. Each compression-type service line to main connection must — (1) Be designed and installed to effectively sustain the longitudinal pull-out or thrust forces caused by contraction or expansion of the piping, or by anticipated external or internal loading...
Page 155 - The operator shall determine the areas of active corrosion by electrical survey, or where electrical survey is impractical, by the study of corrosion and leak history records, by leak detection survey, or by other means.