{"operation":"document","citation":"LAC 43:XIII §2309","title":"Test Requirements for Pipelines to Operate below 100 psi (689 kPa) Gauge [49 CFR 192.509]","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Louisiana Office of Conservation","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"A. Except for service lines and plastic pipelines, each segment of a pipeline that is to be operated below 100 psi (689 kPa) gage must be leak tested in accordance with the following. [49 CFR 192.509] 1. The test procedure used must ensure discovery of all potentially hazardous leaks in the segment ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/la-lac-43-xiii-2309.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/la-lac-43-xiii-2309.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/la-lac-43-xiii-2309","source_url":"https://www.doa.la.gov/doa/osr/louisiana-administrative-code/","body":"A. Except for service lines and plastic pipelines, each segment of a pipeline that is to be operated below 100 psi (689 kPa) gage must be leak tested in accordance with the following. [49 CFR 192.509]\n\n1. The test procedure used must ensure discovery of all potentially hazardous leaks in the segment being tested. [49 CFR 192.509(a)]\n\n2. Each main that is to be operated at less than 1 psi (6.9 kPa) gage must be tested to at least 10 psi (69 kPa) gage and each main to be operated at or above 1 psi (6.9 kPa) gage must be tested to at least 90 psi (621 kPa) gage. [49 CFR 192.509(b)]\n\nAUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:501 et seq.\n\nHISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 9:238 (April 1983), amended LR 10:530 (July 1984), LR 27:1546 (September 2001), LR 30:1257 (June 2004).","truncated":false,"body_characters":854}