# Acceptable Standards

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- **citation:** COMAR 20.55.02.02
- **title:** Acceptable Standards
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Maryland Public Service Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
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- **summary:** Maryland pipeline-safety provision COMAR 20.55.02.02, Acceptable Standards.
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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:

(1) 49 CFR 40, “Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs”, as amended;

(2) 49 CFR 191, “Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline; Annual Reports, Incident Reports, and Safety Related Condition Reports”, as amended;

(3) 49 CFR 192, “Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Federal Safety Standards”, as amended;

(4) 49 CFR 193, “Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards”, as amended;

(5) 49 CFR 199, “Drug and Alcohol Testing”, as amended.

B. Each utility or gas master meter operator shall use as accepted good engineering practice the applicable provisions in:

(1) The GPTC Guide for Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems 2003, Volume One with Addenda No. 1—4, which are incorporated by reference;

(2) The American National Standard, “National Fuel Gas Code”, ANSI Z223.1 (1988), which is incorporated by reference;

(3) “Orifice Metering of Natural Gas”, Report No. 3 of American Gas Association Gas Measurement Committee;

(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;

(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;

(6) The American National Standard for Rotary Type Gas Displacement Meters, (ANSI B109.3), which is incorporated by reference.
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