La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-30258

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-30258 - Valves: General [49 CFR 195.258]

A. Each valve must be installed in a location that is accessible to authorized employees and that is protected from damage or tampering. [ 49 CFR 195.258(a)]

B. Each submerged valve located offshore or in inland navigable waters must be marked, or located by conventional survey techniques, to facilitate quick location when operation of the valve is required. [ 49 CFR 195.258(b)]

C. For all onshore hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline segments with diameters greater than or equal to 6 inches that are constructed after April 10, 2023, the operator must install rupture-mitigation valves (RMV) or an alternative equivalent technology whenever a valve must be installed to meet the appropriate valve spacing requirements of this Section and §30260 An operator using alternative equivalent technology must notify PHMSA in accordance with the procedure in Subsection E of this Section. All RMVs and alternative equivalent technology installed as required by this section must meet the requirements of §30419 An operator may request an extension of the installation compliance deadline requirements of this paragraph if it can demonstrate to PHMSA, in accordance with the notification procedures in §30123, that those installation deadline requirements would be economically, technically, or operationally infeasible for a particular new pipeline. [49 CFR 195.258(c)]

D. For all entirely replaced onshore hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline segments with diameters greater than or equal to 6 inches that have been replaced after April 10, 2023, the operator must install RMVs or an alternative equivalent technology whenever a valve must be installed to meet the appropriate valve spacing requirements of this section. An operator using alternative equivalent technology must notify PHMSA in accordance with the procedure in paragraph (e) of this section. All valves installed as required by this section must meet the requirements of §30419 The requirements of this paragraph (d) apply when the applicable pipeline replacement project involves a valve, either through addition, replacement, or removal. An operator may request an extension of the installation compliance deadline requirements of this paragraph if it can demonstrate to PHMSA, in accordance with the notification procedures in §30123, that those installation deadline requirements would be economically, technically, or operationally infeasible for a particular pipeline replacement project. [49 CFR 195.258(d)]

E. If an operator elects to use alternative equivalent technology in accordance with Subsection C or D of this Section, the operator must notify PHMSA in accordance with §30122 The operator must include a technical and safety evaluation in its notice to PHMSA. Valves that are installed as alternative equivalent technology must comply with §§30418, 30419, and 30420. An operator requesting use of manual valves as an alternative equivalent technology must also include within the notification submitted to PHMSA a demonstration that installation of an RMV as otherwise required would be economically, technically, or operationally infeasible. An operator may use a manual pump station valve at a continuously manned station as an alternative equivalent technology. Such a valve used as an alternative equivalent technology would not require a notification to PHMSA in accordance with §30122, but it must comply with §30419 [49 CFR 195.258(e)]

F. The requirements of Subsections C-E of this Section do not apply to gathering lines. [49 CRF 195.285(f)]

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-30258

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, Pipeline Division, LR 29:2820 (December 2003), Amended LR 491090 (6/1/2023), Amended LR 501244 (9/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:753.