# Tapping pipelines under pressure.

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 49 CFR 192.627
- **title:** Tapping pipelines under pressure.
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2026-08-18
- **summary:** Each tap made on a pipeline under pressure must be performed by a crew qualified to make hot taps.
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Each tap made on a pipeline under pressure must be performed by a crew qualified to make hot taps.
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