192.487 Remedial measures: Distribution lines other than cast iron or ductile iron lines. 192.489 Remedial measures: Cast iron and ductile iron pipelines. 192.491 Corrosion control records. Subpart J-Test Requirements 192.501 Scope. 192.503 General requirements. 192.505 Strength test requirements for steel pipeline to operate at a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SMYS. 192.507 Test requirements for pipelines to operate at a hoop stress less than 30 percent of SMYS and at or above 100 p.s.i.g. 192.509 Test requirements for pipelines to operate below 100 p.s.i.g. 192.511 Test requirements for service lines. 192.513 Test requirements for plastic pipelines. 192.515 Environmental protection and safety requirements. 192.517 Records. Subpart K-Uprating 192.551 Scope. 192.553 General requirements. 192.555 Uprating to a pressure that will produce a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SMYS in steel pipelines. 192.557 Uprating: Steel pipelines to a pressure that will produce a hoop stress less than 30 percent of SMYS; plastic, cast iron, and ductile iron pipelines. Subpart L-Operations 192.601 Scope. 192.603 General provisions. 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies. 192.607 [Reserved] 192.609 Change in class location: Required study. 192.611 Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating pressure. 192.612 Underwater inspection and re-burial of pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico and its inlets. 192.613 Continuing surveillance. 192.616 Public education. 192.619 Maximum allowable operating pres- 192.625 Odorization of gas. 192.627 Tapping pipelines under pressure. 192.629 Purging of pipelines. 192.749 Vault maintenance. 192.751 Prevention of accidental ignition. 192.753 Caulked bell and spigot joints. 192.755 Protecting cast-iron pipelines. APPENDIX A TO PART 192-INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE APPENDIX B TO PART 192 QUALIFICATION OF PIPE APPENDIX C TO PART 192-QUALIFICATION OF WELDERS FOR LOW STRESS LEVEL PIPE APPENDIX D TO PART 192-CRITERIA FOR CATHODIC PROTECTION AND DETERMINATION OF MEASUREMENTS AUTHORITY: 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60102, 60104, 60108, 60109, 60110, 60113, and 60118; and 49 CFR 1.53. SOURCE: 35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, unless otherwise noted. Subpart A-General §192.1 Scope of part. (a) This part prescribes minimum safety requirements for pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas, including pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas within the limits of the outer continental shelf as that term is defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331). (b) This part does not apply to: (1) Offshore pipelines upstream from the outlet flange of each facility where hydrocarbons are produced or where produced hydrocarbons are first separated, dehydrated, or otherwise processed, whichever facility is farther downstream; (2) Onshore gathering of gas outside of the following areas: (i) An area within the limits of any incorporated or unincorporated city, town, or village. (ii) Any designated residential or commercial area such as a subdivision, business or shopping center, or community development. (3) Onshore gathering of gas within inlets of the Gulf of Mexico except as provided in § 192.612. (4) Any pipeline system that transports only petroleum gas or petroleum gas/air mixtures to— (i) Fewer than 10 customers, if no portion of the system is located in a public place; or (ii) A single customer, if the system is located entirely on the customer's premises (no matter if a portion of the system is located in a public place). [35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 192-27, 41 FR 34605, Aug. 16, 1976; Amdt. 192-67, 56 FR 63771, Dec. 5, 1991; Amdt. 192-78, 61 FR 28782, June 6, 1996] § 192.3 Definitions. As used in this part: Administrator means the Administrator of the Research and Special Programs Administration or any person to whom authority in the matter concerned has been delegated by the Secretary of Transportation. Distribution line means a pipeline other than a gathering or transmission line. Exposed pipeline means a pipeline where the top of the pipe is protruding above the seabed in water less than 15 feet deep, as measured from the mean low water. Gas means natural gas, flammable gas, or gas which is toxic or corrosive. Gathering line means a pipeline that transports gas from a current production facility to a transmission line or main. Gulf of Mexico and its inlets means the waters from the mean high water mark of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and its inlets open to the sea (excluding rivers, tidal marshes, lakes, and canals) seaward to include the territorial sea and Outer Continental Shelf to a depth of 15 feet, as measured from the mean low water. Hazard to navigation means, for the purpose of this part, a pipeline where the top of the pipe is less than 12 inches below the seabed in water less than 15 feet deep, as measured from the mean low water. High-pressure distribution system means a distribution system in which the gas pressure in the main is higher than the pressure provided to the customer. Line section means a continuous run of transmission line between adjacent compressor stations, between a compressor station and storage facilities, between a compressor station and a block valve, or between adjacent block valves. Listed specification means a specification listed in section I of appendix B of this part. Low-pressure distribution system means a distribution system in which the gas pressure in the main is substantially the same as the pressure provided to the customer. Main means a distribution line that serves as a common source of supply for more than one service line. Maximum actual operating pressure means the maximum pressure that occurs during normal operations over a period of 1 year. Maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) means the maximum pressure at which a pipeline or segment of a pipeline may be operated under this part. Municipality means a city, county, or any other political subdivision of a State. Offshore means beyond the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast of the United States that is in direct contact with the open seas and beyond the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters. Operator means a person who engages in the transportation of gas. Person means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, State, municipality, cooperative association, or joint stock association, and including any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof. Petroleum gas means propane, propylene, butane, (normal butane or isobutanes), and butylene (including isomers), or mixtures composed predominantly of these gases, having a vapor pressure not exceeding 1434 kPa (208 psig) at 38°C (100°F). Pipe means any pipe or tubing used in the transportation of gas, including pipe-type holders. 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 means new and existing pipelines, rights-of-way, and any equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of gas or in the treatment of gas during the course of transportation. Service line means a distribution line that transports gas from a common source of supply to (1) a customer meter or the connection to a customer's piping, whichever is farther downstream, or (2) the connection to a customer's piping if there is no customer meter. A customer meter is the meter that measures the transfer of gas from an operator to a consumer. SMYS means specified yield strength is: minimum (1) For steel pipe manufactured in accordance with a listed specification, the yield strength specified as a minimum in that specification; or (2) For steel pipe manufactured in accordance with an unknown or unlisted specification, the yield strength determined in accordance with § 192.107(b). State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Transmission line means a pipeline, other than a gathering line, that: (a) Transports gas from a gathering line or storage facility to a distribution center, storage facility, or large volume customer that is not downstream from a distribution center; (b) Operates at a hoop stress of 20 percent or more of SMYS; or (c) Transports gas within a storage field. A large volume customer may receive similar volumes of gas as a distribution center, and includes factories, power plants, and institutional users of gas. Transportation of gas means the gathering, transmission, or distribution of gas by pipeline or the storage of gas, in or affecting interstate or foreign com merce. [Amdt. 192-13, 38 FR 9084, Apr. 10, 1973, as amended by Amdt. 192-27, 41 FR 34605, Aug. 16, 1976; Amdt. 192-58, 53 FR 1635, Jan. 21, 1988; Amdt. 192-67, 56 FR 63771, Dec. 5, 1991; Amdt. 192-72, 59 FR 17281, Apr. 12, 1994; Amdt. 192-78, 61 FR 28783, June 6, 1996] § 192.5 Class locations. (a) This section classifies pipeline locations for purposes of this part. The following criteria apply to classifications under this section. (1) A "class location unit” is an onshore area that extends 220 yards on either side of the centerline of any continuous 1-mile length of pipeline. (2) Each separate dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling unit building is counted as a separate building intended for human occupancy. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, pipeline locations are classified as follows: (1) A Class 1 location is: (i) An offshore area; or (ii) Any class location unit that has 10 or fewer buildings intended for human occupancy. (2) A Class 2 location is any class location unit that has more than 10 but fewer than 46 buildings intended for human occupancy. (3) A Class 3 location is: (i) Any class location unit that has 46 or more buildings intended for human occupancy; or (ii) An area where the pipeline lies within 100 yards of either a building or a small, well-defined outside area (such as a playground, recreation area, outdoor theater, or other place of public assembly) that is occupied by 20 or more persons on at least 5 days a week for 10 weeks in any 12-month period. (The days and weeks need not be consecutive.) (4) A Class 4 location is any class location unit where buildings with four or more stories above ground are prevalent. (c) The length of Class locations 2, 3, and 4 may be adjusted as follows: (1) A Class 4 location ends 220 yards from the nearest building with four or more stories above ground. (2) When a cluster of buildings intended for human occupancy requires a Class 2 or 3 location, the class location ends 220 yards from the nearest building in the cluster. [Amdt. 192-78, 61 FR 28783, June 6, 1996; 61 FR 35139, July 5, 1996] § 192.7 Incorporation by reference. (a) Any documents or portions thereof incorporated by reference in this part are included in this part as though set out in full. When only a portion of a document is referenced, the remainder is not incorporated in this part. (b) All incorporated materials are available for inspection in the Research and Special Programs Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, and at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC. These materials have been approved for incorporation by reference by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. In addition, the incorporated materials are available from the respective organizations listed in appendix A to this part. (c) The full titles for the publications incorporated by reference in this part are provided in appendix A to this part. Numbers in parentheses indicate applicable editions. Earlier editions of documents listed or editions of documents formerly listed in previous editions of appendix A may be used for materials and components manufactured, designed, or installed in accordance with those earlier editions or earlier documents at the time they were listed. The user must refer to the appropriate previous edition of 49 CFR for a listing of the earlier listed editions or documents. [35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 192-37, 46 FR 10159, Feb. 2, 1981; Amdt 192-51, 51 FR 15334, Apr. 23, 1986; 58 FR 14521, Mar. 18, 1993; Amdt. 192-78, 61 FR 28783, June 6, 1996] § 192.9 Gathering lines. Except as provided in §§ 192.1 and 192.150, each operator of a gathering line must comply with the requirements of this part applicable to transmission lines. [Amdt. 192-72, 59 FR 17281, Apr. 12, 1994] 8192.11 Petroleum gas systems. (a) Each plant that supplies petroleum gas by pipeline to a natural gas distribution system must meet the requirements of this part and ANSI/ NFPA 58 and 59. (b) Each pipeline system subject to this part that transports only petroleum gas or petroleum gas/air mixtures must meet the requirements of this part and of ANSI/NFPA 58 and 59. (c) In the event of a conflict between this part and ANSI/NFPA 58 and 59, ANSI/NFPA 58 and 59 prevail. [Amdt. 192–78, 61 FR 28783, June 6, 1996] § 192.13 General. (a) No person may operate a segment of pipeline that is readied for service after March 12, 1971, or in the case of an offshore gathering line, after July 31, 1977, unless: (1) The pipeline has been designed, installed, constructed, initially inspected, and initially tested in accordance with this part; or (2) The pipeline qualifies for use under this part in accordance with § 192.14. (b) No person may operate a segment of pipeline that is replaced, relocated, or otherwise changed after November 12, 1970, or in the case of an offshore gathering line, after July 31, 1977, unless that replacement, relocation, or change has been made in accordance with this part. (c) Each operator shall maintain, modify as appropriate, and follow the plans, procedures, and programs that it is required to establish under this part. [35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 192-27, 41 FR 34605, Aug. 16, 1976; Amdt. 192-30, 42 FR 60148, Nov. 25, 1977] § 192.14 Conversion to service subject to this part. (a) A steel pipeline previously used in service not subject to this part qualifies for use under this part if the operator prepares and follows a written procedure to carry out the following requirements: (1) The design, construction, operation, and maintenance history of the pipeline must be reviewed and, where sufficient historical records are not available, appropriate tests must be performed to determine if the pipeline is in a satisfactory condition for safe operation. (2) The pipeline right-of-way, all aboveground segments of the pipeline, and appropriately selected underground segments must be visually inspected for physical defects and operating conditions which reasonably could be expected to impair the strength or tightness of the pipeline. (3) All known unsafe defects and conditions must be corrected in accordance with this part. (4) The pipeline must be tested in accordance with subpart J of this part to substantiate the maximum allowable operating pressure permitted by subpart L of this part. (b) Each operator must keep for the life of the pipeline a record of the investigations, tests, repairs, replacements, and alterations made under the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section. [Amdt. 192-30, 42 FR 60148, Nov. 25, 1977] § 192.15 Rules of regulatory construction. (a) As used in this part: Includes means including but not limited to. May means "is permitted to" or "is authorized to". May not means "is not permitted to" or "is not authorized to". Shall is used in the mandatory and imperative sense. (b) In this part: (1) Words importing the singular include the plural; (2) Words importing the plural include the singular; and (3) Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine. § 192.16 Customer notification. (a) This section applies to each operator of a service line who does not maintain the customer's buried piping up to entry of the first building downstream, or, if the customer's buried piping does not enter a building, up to the principal gas utilization equipment or the first fence (or wall) that surrounds that equipment. For the purpose of this section, "customer's buried piping" does not include branch lines that serve yard lanterns, pool heaters, or other types of secondary equipment. Also, "maintain" means monitor for corrosion according to §192.465 if the customer's buried piping is metallic, survey for leaks according to §192.723, and if an unsafe condition is found, shut off the flow of gas, advise the customer of the need to repair the unsafe condition, or repair the unsafe condition. (b) Each operator shall notify each customer once in writing of the following information: (1) The operator does not maintain the customer's buried piping. (2) If the customer's buried piping is not maintained, it may be subject to the potential hazards of corrosion and leakage. (3) Buried gas piping should be— (i) Periodically inspected for leaks; (ii) Periodically inspected for corrosion if the piping is metallic; and (iii) Repaired if any unsafe condition is discovered. (4) When excavating near buried gas piping, the piping should be located in advance, and the excavation done by hand. (5) The operator (if applicable), plumbers, and heating contractors can assist in locating, inspecting, and repairing the customer's buried piping. (c) Each operator shall notify each customer not later than August 14, 1996, or 90 days after the customer first receives gas at a particular location, whichever is later. However, operators |