# Customer meter installations: Operating pressure.

**Citation:** 49 CFR 192.359  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2026-08-18  
**Published:** Not stated

(a) A meter may not be used at a pressure that is more than 67 percent of the manufacturer's shell test pressure.

(b) Each newly installed meter manufactured after November 12, 1970, must have been tested to a minimum of 10 p.s.i. (69 kPa) gage.

(c) A rebuilt or repaired tinned steel case meter ma

## Document text

(a) A meter may not be used at a pressure that is more than 67 percent of the manufacturer's shell test pressure.

(b) Each newly installed meter manufactured after November 12, 1970, must have been tested to a minimum of 10 p.s.i. (69 kPa) gage.

(c) A rebuilt or repaired tinned steel case meter may not be used at a pressure that is more than 50 percent of the pressure used to test the meter after rebuilding or repairing.

[35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 192-1, 35 FR 17660, Nov. 17, 1970; Amdt. 192-85, 63 FR 37503, July 13, 1998]

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-192.359>
- Source ID: `ecfr`
- SHA-256: `6676a2882a09e3e5197c7b51e0905ce8b172b6e64575f0e4cd209a5b0c523969`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:34.435Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T19:57:27.982Z
- Document slug: `49-cfr-192-359`

### Source metadata

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  "cfrTitle": 49,
  "part": "192",
  "section": "192.359",
  "subpart": "Subpart H—Customer Meters, Service Regulators, and Service Lines",
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  "jurisdiction": "US"
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```