{"operation":"document","citation":"LAC 43:XIII §2936","title":"Compressor Stations: Gas Detection [49 CFR 192.736]","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Louisiana Office of Conservation","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"A. Not later than September 16, 1996, each compressor building in a compressor station must have a fixed gas detection and alarm system, unless the building is: [49 CFR 192.736(a)] 1. constructed so that at least 50 percent of its upright side area is permanently open; or [49 CFR 192.736(a)(1)] 2. l","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/la-lac-43-xiii-2936.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/la-lac-43-xiii-2936.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/la-lac-43-xiii-2936","source_url":"https://www.doa.la.gov/doa/osr/louisiana-administrative-code/","body":"A. Not later than September 16, 1996, each compressor building in a compressor station must have a fixed gas detection and alarm system, unless the building is: [49 CFR 192.736(a)]\n\n1. constructed so that at least 50 percent of its upright side area is permanently open; or [49 CFR 192.736(a)(1)]\n\n2. located in an unattended field compressor station of 1,000 horsepower (746 kW) or less. [49 CFR 192.736(a)(2)]\n\nB. Except when shutdown of the system is necessary for maintenance under Subsection C of this Section, each gas detection and alarm system required by this Section must: [49 CFR 192.736(b)]\n\n1. continuously monitor the compressor building for a concentration of gas in air of not more than 25 percent of the lower explosive limit; and [49 CFR 192.736(b)(1)]\n\n2. if that concentration of gas is detected, warn persons about to enter the building and persons inside the building of the danger. [49 CFR 192.736(b)(2)]\n\nC. Each gas detection and alarm system required by this Section must be maintained to function properly. The maintenance must include performance tests. [49 CFR 192.736(c)]\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 21:824 (August 1995), amended LR 27:1549 (September 2001), LR 30:1270 (June 2004).","truncated":false,"body_characters":1349}