# Scope; conversion of existing pipeline to sour gas service

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- **citation:** Mich. Admin. Code R 460.20401
- **title:** Scope; conversion of existing pipeline to sour gas service
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Michigan Public Service Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2026-05-04
- **summary:** Rule 401. (1) The rules in this part are additional requirements for the design, fabrication, installation, inspection, testing, and safety aspects of the operation and maintenance of gas pipeline facilities used in the transportation of sour gas. (2) Operators of pipeline facilities used for the tr
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Rule 401. (1) The rules in this part are additional requirements for the design, fabrication, installation, inspection, testing, and safety aspects of the operation and maintenance of gas pipeline facilities used in the transportation of sour gas.

(2) Operators of pipeline facilities used for the transportation of sour gas that are under the jurisdiction of the commission shall meet all of the requirements in parts 2, 3, and 5 of these rules, all of the requirements in 49 C.F.R. Part 192, which is adopted by reference in R 460.20606, and all of the additional requirements in this part.

(3) Existing pipeline facilities not designed and built for the transportation of sour gas shall not be converted for use in the transportation of sour gas without prior review and approval of the commission.

History: 1998-2000 AACS; 2003 AACS.
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