# 255.365 Service lines: location of valves.

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- **citation:** 16 NYCRR 255.365
- **title:** 255.365 Service lines: location of valves.
- **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 service line valve must be installed upstream of the regulator or, if there is no regulator, upstream of the meter.

(b) Each service line must have a shut-off valve in a readily accessible location that, if feasible, is outside of the building. The valve must be located outside the building:

(1) where the regulator is located within the customer's
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(a) Each service line valve must be installed upstream of the regulator or, if there is no regulator, upstream of the meter.

(b) Each service line must have a shut-off valve in a readily accessible location that, if feasible, is outside of the building. The valve must be located outside the building:

(1) where the regulator is located within the customer's building;

(2) on service lines to buildings of public assembly; or

(3) on service lines two inches (51 millimeters) or greater in diameter.

(c) Each underground service line valve must be located in a covered durable curb box or standpipe that allows ready operation of the valve and is supported independently of the service line.
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