# Test Requirements for Pipelines to Operate below 100 psi (689 kPa) Gauge [49 CFR 192.509]

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- **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
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- **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 
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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 being tested. [49 CFR 192.509(a)]

2. 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)]

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 9:238 (April 1983), amended LR 10:530 (July 1984), LR 27:1546 (September 2001), LR 30:1257 (June 2004).
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