# Valve Maintenance: Distribution Systems [49 CFR 192.747]

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- **citation:** LAC 43:XIII §2947
- **title:** Valve Maintenance: Distribution Systems [49 CFR 192.747]
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Louisiana Office of Conservation
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
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- **summary:** A. Each valve, the use of which may be necessary for the safe operation of a distribution system, must be checked and serviced at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year. [49 CFR 192.747(a)] B. Each operator must take prompt remedial action to correct any valve found 
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A. Each valve, the use of which may be necessary for the safe operation of a distribution system, must be checked and serviced at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year. [49 CFR 192.747(a)]

B. Each operator must take prompt remedial action to correct any valve found inoperable, unless the operator designates an alternative valve. [49 CFR 192.747(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 9:246 (April 1983), amended LR 10:539 (July 1984), LR 30:1271 (June 2004).
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