Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE
Division - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Chapter 77 - TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL AND OTHER GAS BY PIPELINE; MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS
Subchapter 15 - MAINTENANCE
Section 6-77-200 - Protecting cast-iron pipelines
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 6-77-200
Current through August, 2024
When an operator has knowledge that the support for a segment of a buried cast-iron pipeline is disturbed:
(1) That segment of the pipeline must be protected, as necessary, against damage during the disturbance by:
(A) Vibrations from heavy construction
equipment, trains, trucks, buses, or blasting;
(B) Impact forces by vehicles;
(C) Earth movement;
(D) Apparent future excavations near the
pipeline; or
(E) Other foreseeable
outside forces which may subject that segment of the pipeline to bending
stress;
(2) As soon as feasible, appropriate steps must be taken to provide permanent protection for the disturbed segment from damage that might result from external loads, including compliance with applicable requirements of sections 6-77-100(a), 6-77-101, and 6-77-111(b)-(d).
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