{"operation":"document","citation":"COMAR 20.55.02.02","title":"Acceptable Standards","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Maryland Public Service Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"Maryland pipeline-safety provision COMAR 20.55.02.02, Acceptable Standards.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/md-comar-20-55-02-02.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/md-comar-20-55-02-02.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/md-comar-20-55-02-02","source_url":"https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/20.55.02.02","body":"A. In addition to the regulations found in this chapter, each utility or gas master meter operator shall comply with the following federal regulations, which are incorporated by reference:\n\n(1) 49 CFR 40, “Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs”, as amended;\n\n(2) 49 CFR 191, “Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline; Annual Reports, Incident Reports, and Safety Related Condition Reports”, as amended;\n\n(3) 49 CFR 192, “Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Federal Safety Standards”, as amended;\n\n(4) 49 CFR 193, “Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards”, as amended;\n\n(5) 49 CFR 199, “Drug and Alcohol Testing”, as amended.\n\nB. Each utility or gas master meter operator shall use as accepted good engineering practice the applicable provisions in:\n\n(1) The GPTC Guide for Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems 2003, Volume One with Addenda No. 1—4, which are incorporated by reference;\n\n(2) The American National Standard, “National Fuel Gas Code”, ANSI Z223.1 (1988), which is incorporated by reference;\n\n(3) “Orifice Metering of Natural Gas”, Report No. 3 of American Gas Association Gas Measurement Committee;\n\n(4) The American National Standard for Gas Displacement Meters (500 Cubic Feet per Hour Capacity and Under), (ANSI B109.1 and ANSI B109.2), which is incorporated by reference;\n\n(5) The American National Standard for Diaphragm Type Gas Displacement Meters (Over 500 Cubic Feet per Hour Capacity), (ANSI B109.2), which is incorporated by reference;\n\n(6) The American National Standard for Rotary Type Gas Displacement Meters, (ANSI B109.3), which is incorporated by reference.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1691}