# Valve maintenance

**Citation:** RCSA § 16-280b-A73  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority  
**Effective:** 2025-06-11  
**Published:** 2025-06-11

(a) Valve maintenance required pursuant to 49 CFR 192.747, as amended from time to time, shall include: (1) checking alignment to ensure a key or wrench can operate the valve; (2) clearing any debris from the valve box or Vault that would interfere with or delay the operation of the valve; 23 (3) checking for adequate 

## Document text

(a) Valve maintenance required pursuant to 49 CFR 192.747, as amended from time to time, shall include: (1) checking alignment to ensure a key or wrench can operate the valve; (2) clearing any debris from the valve box or Vault that would interfere with or delay the operation of the valve; 23 (3) checking for adequate lubrication; (4) partial operation; and (5) verification of the correct valve position. (b) Curb Valves on Service Lines where the Customer Meter is located inside the structure, and there is no outside above-ground Service Line valve, shall be inspected at least once every 5 calendar years, but at intervals not exceeding 63 months. Any deficiencies found shall be remediated not later than 1 year after discovery. (c) The prompt remedial action required pursuant to 49 CFR 192.747(b), as amended from time to time, shall occur in a reasonably expedited manner, but not later than the next regularly scheduled check.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Search/getDocument?guid=%7BE04F6097-0000-CC1C-9D68-25A0BA411C82%7D>
- Source ID: `ct-sots-rcsa-16-280b`
- SHA-256: `7adb886bec4202957ec9a4f040736d337931872f54128d19444e27e105e88a92`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-12T07:07:58.041Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T03:10:01.943Z
- Document slug: `ct-rcsa-16-280b-a73`

### Source metadata

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  "subtitle": "16-280b",
  "series": "A",
  "sectionNumber": 73,
  "secretaryFileNumber": 6446,
  "trackingNumber": "PR2023-019",
  "effectiveDateEvidence": "Secretary of the State confirmation states that the regulation became effective June 11, 2025.",
  "scopeCaveat": "This corpus contains all 117 dedicated pipeline-safety sections newly codified as RCSA 16-280b-A1 through A75, B1 through B32, and C1 through C10 by Connecticut Secretary of the State File Number 6446. The filing also amends four adjacent legacy utility provisions and repeals eleven obsolete 16-11 provisions; those actions are retained as provenance and inventory rather than mixed into the dedicated searchable corpus.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "Applicability varies by natural-gas or petroleum-gas operator, public-service-company status, pipeline facility, master-meter or petroleum-gas distribution system, activity, waiver, and federal jurisdiction. PURA states that Connecticut has no intrastate transmission or gathering lines and that hazardous-liquid pipelines remain under PHMSA jurisdiction.",
  "incorporationCaveat": "The rules supplement and repeatedly incorporate federal pipeline requirements, generally as amended from time to time, and rely on Connecticut statutes and external standards. References are recorded without reproducing incorporated material or deciding federal preemption or facility-specific legal effect.",
  "publicationCaveat": "The authenticated final filing was posted to the Connecticut eRegulations System and became effective June 11, 2025. It is used instead of the older browse pages, some of which still display pre-2025 text and stale update labels.",
  "rights": "Official Connecticut legal and agency materials are retained with attribution and cryptographic provenance. State marks, site presentation, forms, annotations, and incorporated federal or privately authored material require separate review.",
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