{"operation":"document","citation":"16 NYCRR 255.811","title":"255.811 Leaks: type 1 classification.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"New York State Public Service Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"Transmission and Distribution of Gas. (a) A type 1 leak is one which, due to its location and/or relative magnitude, constitutes a potentially hazardous condition to the public or buildings.\n\n(b) A type 1 leak requires an immediate effort to protect life and property.\n\n(c) Continuous action shall be thereafter taken until the condition is no longer hazardous.\n\n(d) Completion of repairs shall be ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ny-nycrr-255-811.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ny-nycrr-255-811.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ny-nycrr-255-811","source_url":"https://govt.westlaw.com/nycrr/Document/I505da84ecd1711dda432a117e6e0f345?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)","body":"(a) A type 1 leak is one which, due to its location and/or relative magnitude, constitutes a potentially hazardous condition to the public or buildings.\n\n(b) A type 1 leak requires an immediate effort to protect life and property.\n\n(c) Continuous action shall be thereafter taken until the condition is no longer hazardous.\n\n(d) Completion of repairs shall be scheduled on a regular day-after-day basis, or the condition kept under daily surveillance until the source of the leak has been corrected.\n\n(e) Type 1 leaks include, but are not limited to:\n\n(1) damage by contractors or outside sources resulting in leakage;\n\n(2) any indication on a combustible gas indicator (CGI) of natural gas entering buildings or tunnels;\n\n(3) any reading on a CGI within five feet (1.5 meters) of a building wall;\n\n(4) any reading of four percent or greater gas-in-air on a CGI within manholes, vaults or catch basins (sampling will be conducted with the structure in its normal condition as nearly as physically possible); or\n\n(5) any leak which, in the judgment of the operating personnel at the scene, is regarded as potentially hazardous.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1126}