# Customer Meters and Regulators: Protection from Damage [49 CFR 192.355]

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- **citation:** LAC 43:XIII §1905
- **title:** Customer Meters and Regulators: Protection from Damage [49 CFR 192.355]
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Louisiana Office of Conservation
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** A. Protection from Vacuum or Back Pressure. If the customer's equipment might create either a vacuum or a back pressure, a device must be installed to protect the system. [49 CFR 192.355(a)] B. Service Regulator Vents and Relief Vents. Service regulator vents and relief vents must terminate outdoors
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A. Protection from Vacuum or Back Pressure. If the customer's equipment might create either a vacuum or a back pressure, a device must be installed to protect the system. [49 CFR 192.355(a)]

B. Service Regulator Vents and Relief Vents. Service regulator vents and relief vents must terminate outdoors, and the outdoor terminal must: [49 CFR 192.355(b)]

1. be rain and insect resistant; [49 CFR 192.355(b)(1)]

2. be located at a place where gas from the vent can escape freely into the atmosphere and away from any opening into the building; and [49 CFR 192.355(b)(2)]

3. be protected from damage caused by submergence in areas where flooding may occur. [49 CFR 192.355(b)(3)]

C. Pits and Vaults. Each pit or vault that houses a customer meter or regulator at a place where vehicular traffic is anticipated, must be able to support that traffic. [49 CFR 192.355(c)]

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:501 et seq.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 9:233 (April 1983), amended LR 10:526 (July 1984), LR 30:1248 (June 2004).
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