# "Farm taps" defined

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- **citation:** 170 IAC 5-3-2.4
- **title:** "Farm taps" defined
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2022-03-17
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** Sec. 2.4. (a) For purposes of this section, "farm tap" means a service line directly connected to a production, gathering, or interstate transmission pipeline. (b) An operator shall operate a farm tap as with any other part of the operator's distribution system. By way of example, farm taps shall be
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Sec. 2.4. (a) For purposes of this section, "farm tap" means a service line directly connected to a production, gathering, or interstate transmission pipeline. (b) An operator shall operate a farm tap as with any other part of the operator's distribution system. By way of example, farm taps shall be: (1) odorized in compliance with this rule; (2) subject to maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) requirements in this rule; (3) located by the operator when a request to the one-call program in Indiana; (4) included in the operator's maps and records; (5) required to have cathodic protection and protected from vehicular traffic in compliance with this rule; and (6) included in an operator's distribution integrity management program plan.

Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-22.5

(Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; 170 IAC 5-3-2.4; filed Mar 17, 2022, 12:34 p.m.: 20220413-IR-170210213FRA)
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