# HAR 6-77-178 Transmission lines: General requirements for repair procedures

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- **citation:** HAR 6-77-178
- **title:** HAR 6-77-178 Transmission lines: General requirements for repair procedures
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1994-04-15
- **effective on:** 1994-09-03
- **summary:** operator shall take immediate temporary measures to protect the public whenever: (1) A leak, imperfection or damage that impairs its serviceability is found in a segment of steel transmission line operating at or above forty percent of the SMYS; and (2) It is not feasible to make a permanent repair 
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operator shall take immediate temporary measures to protect the public whenever: (1) A leak, imperfection or damage that impairs its serviceability is found in a segment of steel transmission line operating at or above forty percent of the SMYS; and (2) It is not feasible to make a permanent repair at the time of discovery. As soon as feasible, the operator shall make permanent repairs. (b) Except as provided in section 6-77-181(a)(3), no operator may use a welded patch as a means of repair. [Eff 49 C.F.R. '192.711, October 1, 1990) ] (Auth: HRS '269-6) (Imp:
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