{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 195.426","title":"Scraper and sphere facilities.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"No operator may use a launcher or receiver that is not equipped with a relief device capable of safely relieving pressure in the barrel before insertion or removal of scrapers or spheres. The operator must use a suitable device to indicate that pressure has been relieved in the barrel or must provid","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-195-426.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-195-426.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-195-426","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-195.426","body":"No operator may use a launcher or receiver that is not equipped with a relief device capable of safely relieving pressure in the barrel before insertion or removal of scrapers or spheres. The operator must use a suitable device to indicate that pressure has been relieved in the barrel or must provide a means to prevent insertion or removal of scrapers or spheres if pressure has not been relieved in the barrel.\n\n[Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981; 47 FR 32721, July 29, 1982]","truncated":false,"body_characters":485}