# HAR 6-77-150 Environmental protection and safety requirements

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- **citation:** HAR 6-77-150
- **title:** HAR 6-77-150 Environmental protection and safety requirements
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1994-04-15
- **effective on:** 1994-09-03
- **summary:** under this subchapter, each operator shall insure that every reasonable precaution is taken to protect its employees and the general public during the testing. Whenever the hoop stress of the segment of the pipeline being tested will exceed fifty percent of SMYS, the operator shall take all practica
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under this subchapter, each operator shall insure that every reasonable precaution is taken to protect its employees and the general public during the testing. Whenever the hoop stress of the segment of the pipeline being tested will exceed fifty percent of SMYS, the operator shall take all practicable steps to keep persons not working on the testing operation outside the testing area until the pressure is reduced to or below the proposed maximum allowable operating pressure. (b) The operator shall insure that the test medium is disposed of in a manner that will minimize damage to the environment. [Eff ] (Auth: HRS '269-6) (Imp: 49 C.F.R. '192.515, October 1, 1990)
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