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Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYPart V - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous MaterialsSubpart 3 - Natural ResourcesChapter 305 - Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline-Qualification of Pipeline Personnel [49 CFR Part 195 Subpart G] and Corrosion Control [49 CFR Part 195 Subpart H]
Subchapter B - Corrosion Control [49 CFR Part 195 Subpart H]
Section V-30567 - Which pipelines must have test leads and what must I do to install and maintain the leads? [49 CFR 195.567]

La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-30567

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Section V-30567 - Which pipelines must have test leads and what must I do to install and maintain the leads? [49 CFR 195.567]
A. General. Except for offshore pipelines, each buried or submerged pipeline or segment of pipeline under cathodic protection required by this Subchapter must have electrical test leads for external corrosion control. However, this requirement does not apply until December 27, 2004 to pipelines or pipeline segments on which test leads were not required by regulations in effect before January 28, 2002. [ 49 CFR 195.567(a)]
B. Installation. You must install test leads as follows. [ 49 CFR 195.567(b)]
1. Locate the leads at intervals frequent enough to obtain electrical measurements indicating the adequacy of cathodic protection. [ 49 CFR 195.567(b)(1) ]
2. Provide enough looping or slack so backfilling will not unduly stress or break the lead and the lead will otherwise remain mechanically secure and electrically conductive. [ 49 CFR 195.567(b)(2) ]
3. Prevent lead attachments from causing stress concentrations on pipe. [ 49 CFR 195.567(b)(3) ]
4. For leads installed in conduits, suitably insulate the lead from the conduit. [ 49 CFR 195.567(b)(4) ]
5. At the connection to the pipeline, coat each bared test lead wire and bared metallic area with an electrical insulating material compatible with the pipe coating and the insulation on the wire. [ 49 CFR 195.567(b)(5) ]
C. Maintenance. You must maintain the test lead wires in a condition that enables you to obtain electrical measurements to determine whether cathodic protection complies with §30571 [ 49 CFR 195.567(c)]

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-30567

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, Pipeline Division, LR 29:2837 (December 2003).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:703.