N.J. Admin. Code § 14:6-3.7

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

Section 14:6-3.7 - Odorization

(a) All gas transmitted and distributed which does not possess a distinctive odor to serve as a warning agent to employees and the public in the event of the escape of unburned gas shall be odorized with a suitable odorant.

(b) The amount of odorant in the gas shall not be less than that which is required to readily permit detection of its presence when the gas concentration in mixture with air is 20 percent of the lower explosive limit.

(c) Each utility shall notify the Board of the type of odorant used and the location of the odorization stations.

(d) A suitable record shall be maintained for the most current two years showing the quantity of the odorant added and the volume of gas odorized.

(e) Sufficiently frequent periodic tests shall be made at various points in each system, including the pertinent extremities of the system, to determine the adequacy of the odorization of the gas, and a suitable record of such tests shall be maintained for seven years.

(f) Equipment for introduction of the odorant into the gas shall be designed so as to provide a reasonably uniform level of odor in the gas.

(g) The equipment and facilities for handling the odorant shall be located where the escape of odorant would not be a nuisance.

(h) Odorant testing shall be performed as frequently as necessary, but not less than once every 30 days. The gas utility shall notify Board staff as soon as practical if it finds an insufficient level of odorant, and take corrective action to remedy the deficiency.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:6-3.7

Amended by R.2001 d.306, effective 9/4/2001.
See: 33 N.J.R. 1891(a), 33 N.J.R. 3041(a).
Designated main paragraph as (a) and added (a)1.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 14:6-3.8 by R.2005 d.377, effective 11/7/2005.
See: 37 N.J.R. 1401(a), 37 N.J.R. 4292(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 14:6-3.7, Testing of customer's piping, recodified to N.J.A.C. 14:6-3.6.
Amended by R.2007 d.63, effective 2/20/2007.
See: 38 N.J.R. 3245(a), 39 N.J.R. 663(a).
In (a), deleted "naturally" preceding "possess"; recodified former second through seventh sentences of (a) as (b) through (g) and former (a)1 as (h); in (e), inserted ", including the pertinent extremities of the system", substituted "seven" for "two"; and rewrote (h).