# Compressor Stations: Gas Detection [49 CFR 192.736]

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- **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:** Not available
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- **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
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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. located in an unattended field compressor station of 1,000 horsepower (746 kW) or less. [49 CFR 192.736(a)(2)]

B. 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)]

1. 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)]

2. 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)]

C. 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)]

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 21:824 (August 1995), amended LR 27:1549 (September 2001), LR 30:1270 (June 2004).
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