# 255.151 Tapping.

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- **citation:** 16 NYCRR 255.151
- **title:** 255.151 Tapping.
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** New York State Public Service Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** Transmission and Distribution of Gas. (a) Each mechanical fitting used to make a hot tap must be designed for at least the operating pressure of the pipeline.

(b) Where a ductile iron pipe is tapped, the extent of full-thread engagement and the need for the use of outside-sealing service connections, tapping saddles, or other fixtures must be determined by service conditions.

(c) Where the dia
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(a) Each mechanical fitting used to make a hot tap must be designed for at least the operating pressure of the pipeline.

(b) Where a ductile iron pipe is tapped, the extent of full-thread engagement and the need for the use of outside-sealing service connections, tapping saddles, or other fixtures must be determined by service conditions.

(c) Where the diameter of a threaded tap in cast iron or ductile iron pipe exceeds 25 percent of the nominal diameter of the pipe, the pipe must be reinforced, except that a 1¼-inch 32 millimeters) tap may be made in a four-inch (102 millimeters) cast iron or ductile iron pipe, without reinforcement. In cast iron pipe of a nominal diameter of six inches (152 millimeters) or less, all threaded taps for service line connections must be reinforced.
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