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Filter contents Part 192

General

§ 192.1 What is the scope of this part?
§ 192.3 Definitions
§ 192.5 Class locations
§ 192.7 What documents are incorporated by reference partly or wholly in this part?
§ 192.8 How are onshore gathering pipelines and regulated onshore gathering pipelines determined?
§ 192.9 What requirements apply to gathering pipelines?
§ 192.10 Outer continental shelf pipelines
§ 192.11 Petroleum gas systems
§ 192.12 Underground natural gas storage facilities
§ 192.13 What general requirements apply to pipelines regulated under this part?
§ 192.14 Conversion to service subject to this part
§ 192.15 Rules of regulatory construction
§ 192.16 Customer notification
§ 192.18 How to notify PHMSA

Materials

§ 192.51 Scope
§ 192.53 General
§ 192.55 Steel pipe
§ 192.57 [Reserved]
§ 192.59 Plastic pipe
§ 192.61 [Reserved]
§ 192.63 Marking of materials
§ 192.65 Transportation of pipe
§ 192.67 Records: Material properties
§ 192.69 Storage and handling of plastic pipe and associated components

Pipe Design

§ 192.101 Scope
§ 192.103 General
§ 192.105 Design formula for steel pipe
§ 192.107 Yield strength (S) for steel pipe
§ 192.109 Nominal wall thickness (t) for steel pipe
§ 192.111 Design factor (F) for steel pipe
§ 192.112 Additional design requirements for steel pipe using alternative maximum allowable operating pressure
§ 192.113 Longitudinal joint factor (E) for steel pipe
§ 192.115 Temperature derating factor (T) for steel pipe
§ 192.117-192.119 [Reserved]
§ 192.121 Design of plastic pipe
§ 192.123 [Reserved]
§ 192.125 Design of copper pipe
§ 192.127 Records: Pipe design

Design of Pipeline Components

§ 192.141 Scope
§ 192.143 General requirements
§ 192.144 Qualifying metallic components
§ 192.145 Valves
§ 192.147 Flanges and flange accessories
§ 192.149 Standard fittings
§ 192.150 Passage of internal inspection devices
§ 192.151 Tapping
§ 192.153 Components fabricated by welding
§ 192.155 Welded branch connections
§ 192.157 Extruded outlets
§ 192.159 Flexibility
§ 192.161 Supports and anchors
§ 192.163 Compressor stations: Design and construction
§ 192.165 Compressor stations: Liquid removal
§ 192.167 Compressor stations: Emergency shutdown
§ 192.169 Compressor stations: Pressure limiting devices
§ 192.171 Compressor stations: Additional safety equipment
§ 192.173 Compressor stations: Ventilation
§ 192.175 Pipe-type and bottle-type holders
§ 192.177 Additional provisions for bottle-type holders
§ 192.179 Transmission line valves
§ 192.181 Distribution line valves
§ 192.183 Vaults: Structural design requirements
§ 192.185 Vaults: Accessibility
§ 192.187 Vaults: Sealing, venting, and ventilation
§ 192.189 Vaults: Drainage and waterproofing
§ 192.191 [Reserved]
§ 192.193 Valve installation in plastic pipe
§ 192.195 Protection against accidental overpressuring
§ 192.197 Control of the pressure of gas delivered from high-pressure distribution systems
§ 192.199 Requirements for design of pressure relief and limiting devices
§ 192.201 Required capacity of pressure relieving and limiting stations
§ 192.203 Instrument, control, and sampling pipe and components
§ 192.204 Risers installed after January 22, 2019
§ 192.205 Records: Pipeline components

Welding of Steel in Pipelines

§ 192.221 Scope
§ 192.225 Welding procedures
§ 192.227 Qualification of welders and welding operators
§ 192.229 Limitations on welders and welding operators
§ 192.231 Protection from weather
§ 192.233 Miter joints
§ 192.235 Preparation for welding
§ 192.241 Inspection and test of welds
§ 192.243 Nondestructive testing
§ 192.245 Repair or removal of defects

Joining of Materials Other Than by Welding

§ 192.271 Scope
§ 192.273 General
§ 192.275 Cast iron pipe
§ 192.277 Ductile iron pipe
§ 192.279 Copper pipe
§ 192.281 Plastic pipe
§ 192.283 Plastic pipe: Qualifying joining procedures
§ 192.285 Plastic pipe: Qualifying persons to make joints
§ 192.287 Plastic pipe: Inspection of joints

General Construction Requirements for Transmission Lines and Mains

§ 192.301 Scope
§ 192.303 Compliance with specifications or standards
§ 192.305 Inspection: General
§ 192.307 Inspection of materials
§ 192.309 Repair of steel pipe
§ 192.311 Repair of plastic pipe
§ 192.313 Bends and elbows
§ 192.315 Wrinkle bends in steel pipe
§ 192.317 Protection from hazards
§ 192.319 Installation of pipe in a ditch
§ 192.321 Installation of plastic pipe
§ 192.323 Casing
§ 192.325 Underground clearance
§ 192.327 Cover
§ 192.328 Additional construction requirements for steel pipe using alternative maximum allowable operating pressure
§ 192.329 Installation of plastic pipelines by trenchless excavation

Customer Meters, Service Regulators, and Service Lines

§ 192.351 Scope
§ 192.353 Customer meters and regulators: Location
§ 192.355 Customer meters and regulators: Protection from damage
§ 192.357 Customer meters and regulators: Installation
§ 192.359 Customer meter installations: Operating pressure
§ 192.361 Service lines: Installation
§ 192.363 Service lines: Valve requirements
§ 192.365 Service lines: Location of valves
§ 192.367 Service lines: General requirements for connections to main piping
§ 192.369 Service lines: Connections to cast iron or ductile iron mains
§ 192.371 Service lines: Steel
§ 192.373 Service lines: Cast iron and ductile iron
§ 192.375 Service lines: Plastic
§ 192.376 Installation of plastic service lines by trenchless excavation
§ 192.377 Service lines: Copper
§ 192.379 New service lines not in use
§ 192.381 Service lines: Excess flow valve performance standards
§ 192.383 Excess flow valve installation
§ 192.385 Manual service line shut-off valve installation

Requirements for Corrosion Control

§ 192.451 Scope
§ 192.452 How does this subpart apply to converted pipelines and regulated onshore gathering pipelines?
§ 192.453 General
§ 192.455 External corrosion control: Buried or submerged pipelines installed after July 31, 1971
§ 192.457 External corrosion control: Buried or submerged pipelines installed before August 1, 1971
§ 192.459 External corrosion control: Examination of buried pipeline when exposed
§ 192.461 External corrosion control: Protective coating
§ 192.463 External corrosion control: Cathodic protection
§ 192.465 External corrosion control: Monitoring and remediation
§ 192.467 External corrosion control: Electrical isolation
§ 192.469 External corrosion control: Test stations
§ 192.471 External corrosion control: Test leads
§ 192.473 External corrosion control: Interference currents
§ 192.475 Internal corrosion control: General
§ 192.476 Internal corrosion control: Design and construction of transmission line
§ 192.477 Internal corrosion control: Monitoring
§ 192.478 [Reserved]
§ 192.479 Atmospheric corrosion control: General
§ 192.481 Atmospheric corrosion control: Monitoring
§ 192.483 Remedial measures: General
§ 192.485 Remedial measures: Transmission lines
§ 192.487 Remedial measures: Distribution lines other than cast iron or ductile iron lines
§ 192.489 Remedial measures: Cast iron and ductile iron pipelines
§ 192.490 Direct assessment
§ 192.491 Corrosion control records
§ 192.493 In-line inspection of pipelines

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
§ 192.506 Transmission lines: Spike hydrostatic pressure test
§ 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. (689 kPa) gage
§ 192.509 Test requirements for pipelines to operate below 100 p.s.i. (689 kPa) gage
§ 192.511 Test requirements for service lines
§ 192.513 Test requirements for plastic pipelines
§ 192.515 Environmental protection and safety requirements
§ 192.517 Records

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

Operations

§ 192.601 Scope
§ 192.603 General provisions
§ 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies
§ 192.607 Verification of Pipeline Material Properties and Attributes: Onshore steel transmission pipelines
§ 192.609 Change in class location: Required study
§ 192.610 Change in class location: Change in valve spacing
§ 192.611 Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating pressure
§ 192.612 Underwater inspection and reburial of pipelines in the Gulf of America and its inlets
§ 192.613 Continuing surveillance
§ 192.614 Damage prevention program
§ 192.615 Emergency plans
§ 192.616 Public awareness
§ 192.617 Investigation of failures and incidents
§ 192.619 Maximum allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines
§ 192.620 Alternative maximum allowable operating pressure for certain steel pipelines
§ 192.621 Maximum allowable operating pressure: High-pressure distribution systems
§ 192.623 Maximum and minimum allowable operating pressure; Low-pressure distribution systems
§ 192.624 Maximum allowable operating pressure reconfirmation: Onshore steel transmission pipelines
§ 192.625 Odorization of gas
§ 192.627 Tapping pipelines under pressure
§ 192.629 Purging of pipelines
§ 192.631 Control room management
§ 192.632 Engineering Critical Assessment for Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure Reconfirmation: Onshore steel transmission pipelines
§ 192.634 Transmission lines: Onshore valve shut-off for rupture mitigation
§ 192.635 Notification of potential rupture
§ 192.636 Transmission lines: Response to a rupture; capabilities of rupture-mitigation valves (RMVs) or alternative equivalent technologies

Maintenance

§ 192.701 Scope
§ 192.703 General
§ 192.705 Transmission lines: Patrolling
§ 192.706 Transmission lines: Leakage surveys
§ 192.707 Line markers for mains and transmission lines
§ 192.709 Transmission lines: Record keeping
§ 192.710 Transmission lines: Assessments outside of high consequence areas
§ 192.711 Transmission lines: General requirements for repair procedures
§ 192.712 Analysis of predicted failure pressure and critical strain level
§ 192.713 Transmission lines: Permanent field repair of imperfections and damages
§ 192.714 Transmission lines: Repair criteria for onshore transmission pipelines
§ 192.715 Transmission lines: Permanent field repair of welds
§ 192.717 Transmission lines: Permanent field repair of leaks
§ 192.719 Transmission lines: Testing of repairs
§ 192.720 Distribution systems: Leak repair
§ 192.721 Distribution systems: Patrolling
§ 192.723 Distribution systems: Leakage surveys
§ 192.725 Test requirements for reinstating service lines
§ 192.727 Abandonment or deactivation of facilities
§ 192.731 Compressor stations: Inspection and testing of relief devices
§ 192.735 Compressor stations: Storage of combustible materials
§ 192.736 Compressor stations: Gas detection
§ 192.739 Pressure limiting and regulating stations: Inspection and testing
§ 192.740 Pressure regulating, limiting, and overpressure protection—Individual service lines directly connected to regulated gathering or transmission pipelines
§ 192.741 Pressure limiting and regulating stations: Telemetering or recording gauges
§ 192.743 Pressure limiting and regulating stations: Capacity of relief devices
§ 192.745 Valve maintenance: Transmission lines
§ 192.747 Valve maintenance: Distribution systems
§ 192.749 Vault maintenance
§ 192.750 Launcher and receiver safety
§ 192.751 Prevention of accidental ignition
§ 192.753 Caulked bell and spigot joints
§ 192.755 Protecting cast-iron pipelines
§ 192.756 Joining plastic pipe by heat fusion; equipment maintenance and calibration

Qualification of Pipeline Personnel

§ 192.801 Scope
§ 192.803 Definitions
§ 192.805 Qualification program
§ 192.807 Recordkeeping
§ 192.809 General

Gas Transmission Pipeline Integrity Management

§ 192.901 What do the regulations in this subpart cover?
§ 192.903 What definitions apply to this subpart?
§ 192.905 How does an operator identify a high consequence area?
§ 192.907 What must an operator do to implement this subpart?
§ 192.909 How can an operator change its integrity management program?
§ 192.911 What are the elements of an integrity management program?
§ 192.913 When may an operator deviate its program from certain requirements of this subpart?
§ 192.915 What knowledge and training must personnel have to carry out an integrity management program?
§ 192.917 How does an operator identify potential threats to pipeline integrity and use the threat identification in its integrity program?
§ 192.919 What must be in the baseline assessment plan?
§ 192.921 How is the baseline assessment to be conducted?
§ 192.923 How is direct assessment used and for what threats?
§ 192.925 What are the requirements for using External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA)?
§ 192.927 What are the requirements for using Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment (ICDA)?
§ 192.929 What are the requirements for using Direct Assessment for Stress Corrosion Cracking?
§ 192.931 How may Confirmatory Direct Assessment (CDA) be used?
§ 192.933 What actions must be taken to address integrity issues?
§ 192.935 What additional preventive and mitigative measures must an operator take?
§ 192.937 What is a continual process of evaluation and assessment to maintain a pipeline's integrity?
§ 192.939 What are the required reassessment intervals?
§ 192.941 What is a low stress reassessment?
§ 192.943 When can an operator deviate from these reassessment intervals?
§ 192.945 What methods must an operator use to measure program effectiveness?
§ 192.947 What records must an operator keep?
§ 192.949 [Reserved]
§ 192.951 Where does an operator file a report?

Gas Distribution Pipeline Integrity Management (IM)

§ 192.1001 What definitions apply to this subpart?
§ 192.1003 What do the regulations in this subpart cover?
§ 192.1005 What must a gas distribution operator (other than a small LPG operator) do to implement this subpart?
§ 192.1007 What are the required elements of an integrity management plan?
§ 192.1009 [Reserved]
§ 192.1011 What records must an operator keep?
§ 192.1013 When may an operator deviate from required periodic inspections under this part?
§ 192.1015 What must a small LPG operator do to implement this subpart?

Appendices

Appendix A [Reserved]
Appendix B Qualification of Pipe and Components
Appendix C Qualification of Welders for Low Stress Level Pipe
Appendix D Criteria for Cathodic Protection and Determination of Measurements
Appendix E Guidance on Determining High Consequence Areas and on Carrying out Requirements in the Integrity Management Rule
Appendix F Criteria for Conducting Integrity Assessments Using Guided Wave Ultrasonic Testing (GWUT)
Appendix G Guidance on Moderate Consequence Areas

Definition · § 192.3

Abandoned

Abandoned means permanently removed from service.

Read in § 192.3

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