# CPUC General Order 112-F § 182 - PIPETYPE AND BOTTLETYPE HOLDERS: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

**Citation:** CPUC GO 112-F § 182  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** California Public Utilities Commission  
**Effective:** 2015-06-25  
**Published:** 2015-06-25

182.1 All holders shall comply with the requirements of 49 CFR §§192.175 and 192.177.

182.2 Electrical equipment and wiring installed at holders must conform to the National Electrical Code, NFPA70, so far as that Code is applicable.

182.3 Any holder designed and constructed in accordance with the

## Document text

182.1 All holders shall comply with the requirements of 49 CFR §§192.175 and 192.177.

182.2 Electrical equipment and wiring installed at holders must conform to the National Electrical Code, NFPA70, so far as that Code is applicable.

182.3 Any holder designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements for location class 1 or 2, but not 3, shall be installed at least 75 feet from a flammable building or adjoining property that may have a flammable building constructed thereon in the future, or from the nearest rail or a track on a railroad private rightofway. Also, no utility shall construct or install a flammable building within fifty feet of a holder. (A flammable building shall be understood to be a building, roof or siding of which consist of wood or other readily combustible material.)

182.4 Each vent line that exhausts gas from a pressure relief valve or blowdown valve must extend to a location where the gas may be discharged without hazard.

182.5 A device which will maintain a continuous pressure record shall be installed at the inlet or outlet of each holder, except that where a group of holders are jointly connected and are all filled from the same gas source and all empty into a common line or system, only one device will be required. A pressure indicating device shall be installed on each container in the holder.

182.6 Each holder facility must have adequate fireprotection facilities.

182.7 Holders shall be provided with overpressure protection systems complying with the requirements of 49 CFR, §192.195.

182.8 When a holder is constructed adjacent to any existing electric transmission line normally carrying voltages in excess of 50,000 volts, the holder shall be located no nearer to the lines than the height of the poles carrying them.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M163/K327/163327660.PDF>
- Source ID: `ca-cpuc-go-112-f`
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:57:47.831Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T15:41:07.792Z
- Document slug: `ca-cpuc-go-112-f-182`

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