# Joining plastic pipe by heat fusion; equipment maintenance and calibration.

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 49 CFR 192.756
- **title:** Joining plastic pipe by heat fusion; equipment maintenance and calibration.
- **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 operator must maintain equipment used in joining plastic pipe in accordance with the manufacturer's recommended practices or with written procedures that have been proven by test and experience to produce acceptable joints.

[Amdt. 192-124, 83 FR 58719, Nov. 20, 2018]
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Each operator must maintain equipment used in joining plastic pipe in accordance with the manufacturer's recommended practices or with written procedures that have been proven by test and experience to produce acceptable joints.

[Amdt. 192-124, 83 FR 58719, Nov. 20, 2018]
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