{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 193.2151","title":"General design characteristics.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1999-10-01","summary":"(a) An impounding system must have a configuration or design which, to the maximum extent possible, will prevent liquid from escaping impoundment by leakage, splash from collapse of a structure or part thereof, momentum and low surface friction, foaming, failure of pressurized piping, and accidental","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-193-2151.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-193-2151.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-193-2151","source_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-1999-title49-vol3/CFR-1999-title49-vol3-sec193-2151","body":"(a) An impounding system must have a configuration or design which, to the maximum extent possible, will prevent liquid from escaping impoundment by leakage, splash from collapse of a structure or part thereof, momentum and low surface friction, foaming, failure of pressurized piping, and accidental pumping.\n\n(b) The basic form of an impounding system may be excavation, a natural geological formation, manufactured diking, such as berms or walls, or any combination thereof.","truncated":false,"body_characters":477}