{"operation":"document","citation":"HAR 6-77-114","title":"HAR 6-77-114 Service lines: general requirements for connections to main piping","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Hawaii Public Utilities Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":"1994-04-15","effective_on":"1994-09-03","summary":"Location. Each service-line connection to a main must be located at the top of the main or, if that is not practical, at the side of the main, unless a suitable protective device is installed to minimize the possibility of dust and moisture being carried from the main into the service line. (b) Comp","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/hi-har-har-6-77-114.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/hi-har-har-6-77-114.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/hi-har-har-6-77-114","source_url":"https://puc.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/HAR-6-77-Transp-of-Gas-03-31-2026.pdf","body":"Location. Each service-line connection to a main must be located at the top of the main or, if that is not practical, at the side of the main, unless a suitable protective device is installed to minimize the possibility of dust and moisture being carried from the main into the service line. (b) Compression-type connection to main. Each compression-type service line to main connection must: (1) Be designed and installed to effectively sustain the longitudinal pull-out or thrust forces caused by contraction or expansion of the piping, or by anticipated external or internal loading; and (2) If gaskets are used in connecting the service line to the main connection fitting, have gaskets that are compatible with the kind of gas in the system. [Eff ] (Auth: HRS '269-6) (Imp: 49 C.F.R. '192.367, October 1, 1990)","truncated":false,"body_characters":815}