N.J. Admin. Code § 14:6-7.3

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 14:6-7.3 - New residential construction

(a) This section governs when new single residential customer gas service lines are installed after November 6, 2006.

(b) Each gas public utility shall ensure full compliance with this section before natural gas service is supplied to the customer.

(c) Wherever natural gas distribution operating conditions are such that the pressure and flow of natural gas allow for the proper operation of an excess flow valve (EFV), the gas public utility shall ensure that each new single residential customer service line is equipped with an EFV.

(d) The gas public utility shall ensure that:

1. All EFVs installed meet the requirements of 49 CFR 192.381 and 192.383 incorporated herein by reference; and

2. The EFV is located as close to the point where the gas service line connects to the gas main as feasible, given the conditions of the site and the characteristics of the equipment.

(e) The gas public utility shall ensure adequate protection is provided, in accordance with (f) or (g) below, of any high pressure gas meter set that is:

1. Located three feet or less from a vehicle zone; and

2. Not protected by an EFV.

(f) The gas public utility shall ensure that any high pressure gas meter set that meets the qualifications under (e) above is protected by physical barriers as specified in N.J.A.C. 14:6-7.8.

(g) If the placement of the physical protections required under (f) above will intrude into the vehicle zone and/or impede movement of vehicles, or if the requirements at (f) above cannot practically be met for other reasons, the gas public utility shall ensure that the high pressure gas meter set is relocated so that it will be more than three feet from any vehicle zone.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:6-7.3

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