# 255.613 Continuing surveillance.

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- **citation:** 16 NYCRR 255.613
- **title:** 255.613 Continuing surveillance.
- **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 operator shall have a procedure for continuing surveillance of its facilities to determine and take appropriate action concerning changes in class location, failures, leakage history, corrosion, substantial changes in cathodic protection requirements, and other unusual operating and maintenance conditions.

(b) If a segment of pipeline is determined
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(a) Each operator shall have a procedure for continuing surveillance of its facilities to determine and take appropriate action concerning changes in class location, failures, leakage history, corrosion, substantial changes in cathodic protection requirements, and other unusual operating and maintenance conditions.

(b) If a segment of pipeline is determined to be in unsatisfactory condition but no immediate hazard exists, the operator shall initiate a program to recondition or phase out the segment involved, or, if the segment cannot be reconditioned or phased out, reduce the maximum allowable operating pressure in accordance with section 255.619(a) and (b) of this Part.
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