N.J. Admin. Code § 14:6-3.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 14:6-3.5 - Venting of customer$DQ$s service regulator

(a) The gas utility shall ensure that each gas utility customer's service regulator, if installed indoors, shall be vented to the outside atmosphere and shall have a vent pipe sized no smaller than the manufacturer's vent connection that is built into the regulator.

(b) The venting capacity of every service regulator shall be such as to protect the customer's appliances from an unsafe operating pressure. As an alternative, a separate pressure relief valve with a capacity such as to protect the customer's appliances from an unsafe operating pressure may be provided.

(c) Each gas utility shall ensure that the maximum pressure of the gas it delivers to residential customers, under both normal and service regulator failure modes, is such that the pressure would not cause an unsafe condition in any connected and properly adjusted customer equipment.

(d) Each gas utility shall have an ongoing surveillance program to ensure periodic inspection of vents to determine that proper ventilation as specified in (a) above has not been compromised by any condition, such as blockage by surrounding soil, plants, refuse, or snow; and to ensure that prompt remedial action is taken when such conditions are discovered.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:6-3.5

Amended by 46 N.J.R. 1699(d), effective 7/21/2014.