Class Locations [49 CFR 192.5]

(A)A. This Section classifies pipeline locations for purposes of this Part. The following criteria apply to classifications under this Section. [49 CFR 192.5(a)]#

(1)1. A class location unit is an onshore area that extends 220 yards (200 meters) on either side of the centerline of any continuous 1-mile (1.6 kilometers) length of pipeline. [49 CFR 192.5(a)(1)]#

(2)2. Each separate dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling unit building is counted as a separate building intended for human occupancy. [49 CFR 192.5(a)(2)]#

(B)B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, pipeline locations are classified as follows: [49 CFR 192.5(b)]#

(1)1. a Class 1 location is: [49 CFR 192.5(b)(1)]#

(a)a. an offshore area; or [49 CFR 192.5(b)(1)(i)]#

(b)b. any class location unit that has 10 or fewer buildings intended for human occupancy; [49 CFR 192.5(b)(1)(ii)]#

(2)2. a Class 2 location is any class location unit that has more than 10 but fewer than 46 buildings intended for human occupancy; [49 CFR 192.5(b)(2)]#

(3)3. a Class 3 location is: [49 CFR 192.5(b)(3)]#

(a)a. any class location unit that has 46 or more buildings intended for human occupancy; or [49 CFR 192.5(b)(3)(i)]#

(b)b. an area where the pipeline lies within 100 yards (91 meters) of either a building or a small, well-defined outside area (such as a playground, recreation area, outdoor theater, or other place of public assembly) that is occupied by 20 or more persons on at least five days a week for 10 weeks in any 12-month period (the days and weeks need not be consecutive); [49 CFR 192.5(b)(3)(ii)]#

(4)4. a Class 4 location is any class location unit where buildings with four or more stories above ground are prevalent. [49 CFR 192.5(b)(4)]#

(C)C. The length of Class locations 2, 3, and 4 may be adjusted as follows. [49 CFR 192.5(c)]#

(1)1. A Class 4 location ends 220 yards (200 meters) from the nearest building with four or more stories above ground. [49 CFR 192.5(c)(1)]#

(2)2. When a cluster of buildings intended for human occupancy requires a Class 2 or 3 location, the class location ends 220 yards (200 meters) from the nearest building in the cluster. [49 CFR 192.5(c)(2)]#

(D)D. An operator must have records that document the current class location of each gas transmission pipeline segment and that demonstrate how the operator determined each current class location in accordance with this Section. [49 CFR 192.5(d)]#

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 9:219 (April 1983), amended LR 10:511 (July 1984), LR 20:443 (April 1994), LR 24:1307 (July 1998), LR 27:1537 (September 2001), LR 30:1226 (June 2004), LR 46:1578 (November 2020).#