{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 192.365","title":"Service lines: Location of valves.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"(a) Relation to regulator or meter. Each service-line valve must be installed upstream of the regulator or, if there is no regulator, upstream of the meter.\n\n(b) Outside valves. Each service line must have a shut-off valve in a readily accessible location that, if feasible, is outside of the buildin","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-365.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-365.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-365","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-192.365","body":"(a) Relation to regulator or meter. Each service-line valve must be installed upstream of the regulator or, if there is no regulator, upstream of the meter.\n\n(b) Outside valves. Each service line must have a shut-off valve in a readily accessible location that, if feasible, is outside of the building.\n\n(c) Underground valves. Each underground service-line valve must be located in a covered durable curb box or standpipe that allows ready operation of the valve and is supported independently of the service lines.","truncated":false,"body_characters":516}