# 258.5 Minimum cover in commercial farmlands.

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- **citation:** 16 NYCRR 258.5
- **title:** 258.5 Minimum cover in commercial farmlands.
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** New York State Public Service Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** Transportation of Liquid Petroleum (Hazardous Liquid Pipelines). Notwithstanding the requirements of 49 CFR 195.248(a) for cover over buried pipelines in cultivated areas, all pipe installed in areas actively cultivated for commercial farm purposes in at least two out of the last five years, as identified by the farmland operator, shall be installed with a minimum cover of 40 inches unless the farmland operator agrees to 
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Notwithstanding the requirements of 49 CFR 195.248(a) for cover over buried pipelines in cultivated areas, all pipe installed in areas actively cultivated for commercial farm purposes in at least two out of the last five years, as identified by the farmland operator, shall be installed with a minimum cover of 40 inches unless the farmland operator agrees to or requires a different depth.
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