255.747 Valve maintenance: distribution systems.

(a)Each valve, the use of which may be necessary for the safe shutdown or sectionalization of a distribution system, must be inspected and partially operated at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year. Included are the principal shut-off valves at district regulator stations and pressure-limiting devices.#

(b)Each operator must take prompt remedial action to correct any valve found inoperable, unless the operator designates an alternative valve.#

(c)The location of all valves in distribution systems that may be required during an emergency shall be designated on appropriate records, drawings or maps, in relation to aboveground structures, so that the valves and associated access covers can be readily located when the ground is covered with snow and ice. Since there may be changes or alterations in aboveground structures over a period of time, the accuracy of the reference points established shall be verified at the time of the periodic inspection.#

(d)At the time of the periodic inspection, valves will be checked for external leakage.#