Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials › Subpart 3 - Natural Resources › Chapter 302 - Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline-Construction [49 CFR Part 195 Subpart D] › Section V-30258 - Valves: General [49 CFR 195.258]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each valve must be installed in a location
				  that is accessible to authorized employees and that is protected from damage or
				  tampering. [
				  49 CFR
				  195.258(a)]
B. Each submerged valve located offshore or
				  in inland navigable waters must be marked, or located by conventional survey
				  techniques, to facilitate quick location when operation of the valve is
				  required. [
				  49 CFR
				  195.258(b)]
C. For all onshore hazardous liquid or carbon
				  dioxide pipeline segments with diameters greater than or equal to 6 inches that
				  are constructed after April 10, 2023, the operator must install
				  rupture-mitigation valves (RMV) or an alternative equivalent technology
				  whenever a valve must be installed to meet the appropriate valve spacing
				  requirements of this Section and
				  §30260 An operator using alternative
				  equivalent technology must notify PHMSA in accordance with the procedure in
				  Subsection E of this Section. All RMVs and alternative equivalent technology
				  installed as required by this section must meet the requirements of
				  §30419 An operator may request an
				  extension of the installation compliance deadline requirements of this
				  paragraph if it can demonstrate to PHMSA, in accordance with the notification
				  procedures in §30123, that those installation deadline requirements would be
				  economically, technically, or operationally infeasible for a particular new
				  pipeline. [49 CFR
				  195.258(c)]
D. For all entirely replaced onshore
				  hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline segments with diameters greater
				  than or equal to 6 inches that have been replaced after April 10, 2023, the
				  operator must install RMVs or an alternative equivalent technology whenever a
				  valve must be installed to meet the appropriate valve spacing requirements of
				  this section. An operator using alternative equivalent technology must notify
				  PHMSA in accordance with the procedure in paragraph (e) of this section. All
				  valves installed as required by this section must meet the requirements of
				  §30419 The requirements of this paragraph
				  (d) apply when the applicable pipeline replacement project involves a valve,
				  either through addition, replacement, or removal. An operator may request an
				  extension of the installation compliance deadline requirements of this
				  paragraph if it can demonstrate to PHMSA, in accordance with the notification
				  procedures in §30123, that those installation deadline requirements would be
				  economically, technically, or operationally infeasible for a particular
				  pipeline replacement project. [49 CFR
				  195.258(d)]
E. If an operator elects to use alternative
				  equivalent technology in accordance with Subsection C or D of this Section, the
				  operator must notify PHMSA in accordance with
				  §195.18 The operator must include a
				  technical and safety evaluation in its notice to PHMSA. Valves that are
				  installed as alternative equivalent technology must comply with §§30418, 30419,
				  and 30420. An operator requesting use of manual valves as an alternative
				  equivalent technology must also include within the notification submitted to
				  PHMSA a demonstration that installation of an RMV as otherwise required would
				  be economically, technically, or operationally infeasible. An operator may use
				  a manual compressor station valve at a continuously manned station as an
				  alternative equivalent technology. Such a valve used as an alternative
				  equivalent technology would not require a notification to PHMSA in accordance
				  with §30123, but it must comply with
				  §30419 [49 CFR
				  195.258(e)]
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:753.