# Cathodic protection system.

**Citation:** 49 CFR 195.242  
**Type / status:** regulation / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2001-10-01  
**Published:** Not stated

(a) A cathodic protection system must be installed for all buried or submerged facilities to mitigate corrosion

that might result in structural failure. A test procedure must be developed to determine whether adequate cathodic protection has been achieved.

(b) A cathodic protection system must be 

## Document text

(a) A cathodic protection system must be installed for all buried or submerged facilities to mitigate corrosion

that might result in structural failure. A test procedure must be developed to determine whether adequate cathodic protection has been achieved.

(b) A cathodic protection system must be installed not later than 1 year after completing the construction.

(c) For the bottoms of aboveground breakout tanks with greater than 500 barrels (79.5 m 3) capacity built to API Specification 12F, API Standard 620, or API Standard 650 (or its predecessor Standard 12C), the installation of a cathodic protection system under paragraph (a) of this section after October 2, 2000, must be in accordance with API Recommended Practice 651, unless the operator notes in the procedural manual (§ 195.402(c)) why compliance with all or certain provisions of API Recommended Practice 651 is not necessary for the safety of a particular breakout tank.

(d) For the internal bottom of aboveground breakout tanks built to API Specification 12F, API Standard 620, or API Standard 650 (or its predecessor Standard 12C), the installation of a tank bottom lining after October 2, 2000, must be in accordance with API Recommended Practice 652, unless the operator notes in the procedural manual (§ 195.402(c)) why compliance with all or certain provisions of API Recommended Practice 652 is not necessary for the safety of a particular breakout tank.

[Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, as amended by Amdt. 195-66, 64 FR 15935, Apr. 2, 1999]

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2001-title49-vol3/CFR-2001-title49-vol3-sec195-242>
- Source ID: `govinfo-cfr`
- SHA-256: `81a8b562ff3381ec74b9de4c2e479917eb0b126fb3ca235cdcdd1a8e500cec28`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-12T01:41:27.040Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T02:51:49.711Z
- Document slug: `49-cfr-195-242`

### Source metadata

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  "subpart": "Subpart D—Construction",
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