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Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCESPart XIII - Office of Conservation-Pipeline SafetySubpart 3 - Transportation of Natural Gas or Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Safety Standards [49 CFR Part 192]
Chapter 9 - Pipe Design [49 CFR Part 192 Subpart C]
Section XIII-911 - Design Factor (F) for Steel Pipe [49 CFR 192.111]

La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XIII-911

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Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
Section XIII-911 - Design Factor (F) for Steel Pipe [49 CFR 192.111]
A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsections B, C, and D of this Section, the design factor to be used in the design formula in §905 is determined in accordance with the following table. [ 49 CFR 192.111(a)]

Class Location

Design Factor (F)

1

0.72

2

0.60

3

0.50

4

0.40

B. A design factor of 0.60 or less must be used in the design formula in §905 for steel pipe in Class 1 locations that: [ 49 CFR 192.111(b)]
1. crosses the right-of-way of an unimproved public road, without a casing; [ 49 CFR 192.111(b)(1)]
2. crosses without a casing, or makes a parallel encroachment on, the right-of-way of either a hard surfaced road, a highway, a public street, or a railroad; [ 49 CFR 192.111(b)(2)]
3. is supported by a vehicular, pedestrian, railroad, or pipeline bridge; or [ 49 CFR 192.111(b)(3)]
4. is used in a fabricated assembly, (including separators, mainline valve assemblies, cross-connections, and river crossing headers) or is used within five pipe diameters in any direction from the last fitting of a fabricated assembly, other than a transition piece or an elbow used in place of a pipe bend which is not associated with a fabricated assembly. [ 49 CFR 192.111(b)(4)]
C. For Class 2 locations, a design factor of 0.50, or less, must be used in the design formula in §905 for uncased steel pipe that crosses the right-of-way of a hard surfaced road, a highway, a public street, or a railroad. [ 49 CFR 192.111(c)]
D. For Class 1 and Class 2 locations, a design factor of 0.50, or less, must be used in the design formula in §905 for: [ 49 CFR 192.111(d)]
1. steel pipe in a compressor station, regulating station, or measuring station; and [ 49 CFR 192.111(d)(1)]
2. steel pipe, including a pipe riser, on a platform located offshore or in inland navigable waters. [ 49 CFR 192.111(d)(2)]

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIII-911

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 9:222 (April 1983), amended LR 10:513 (July 1984), LR 30:1230 (June 2004).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:501 et seq.