{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 192.233","title":"Miter joints.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"(a) A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SMYS may not deflect the pipe more than 3°.\n\n(b) A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of less than 30 percent, but more than 10 percent, o","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-233.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-233.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-233","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-192.233","body":"(a) A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SMYS may not deflect the pipe more than 3°.\n\n(b) A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of less than 30 percent, but more than 10 percent, of SMYS may not deflect the pipe more than 12 1/2° and must be a distance equal to one pipe diameter or more away from any other miter joint, as measured from the crotch of each joint.\n\n(c) A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of 10 percent or less of SMYS may not deflect the pipe more than 90°.","truncated":false,"body_characters":643}