{"operation":"document","citation":"HAR 6-77-148","title":"HAR 6-77-148 Test requirements for service lines","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Hawaii Public Utilities Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":"1994-04-15","effective_on":"1994-09-03","summary":"(other than plastic) must be leak tested in accordance with this section before being placed in service. If feasible, the service-line connection to the main must be included in the test; if not feasible, it must be given a leakage test at the operating pressure when placed in service. (b) Each segm","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/hi-har-har-6-77-148.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/hi-har-har-6-77-148.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/hi-har-har-6-77-148","source_url":"https://puc.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/HAR-6-77-Transp-of-Gas-03-31-2026.pdf","body":"(other than plastic) must be leak tested in accordance with this section before being placed in service. If feasible, the service-line connection to the main must be included in the test; if not feasible, it must be given a leakage test at the operating pressure when placed in service. (b) Each segment of a service line (other than plastic) intended to be operated at a pressure of at least 1 p.s.i.g. but not more than 40 p.s.i.g. must be given a leak test at a pressure of not less than 50 p.s.i.g. (c) Each segment of a service line (other than plastic) intended to be operated at pressures of more than 40 p.s.i.g. must be tested to at least 90 p.s.i.g., except that each segment of a steel service line stressed to twenty percent or more of SMYS must be tested in accordance with section 6-77-146. [Eff ] (Auth: HRS '269-6) (Imp: 49 C.F.R. '192.511, October 1, 1990)","truncated":false,"body_characters":873}