Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part XI - Office of Conservation-Pipeline Division
Subpart 2 - Underwater Obstructions
Chapter 19 - Delineation of Authorities
Section XI-1919 - Cathodic Protection
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. No operator may operate a pipeline that has an external surface coating material, unless that pipeline is cathodically protected. This Section does not apply to buried pumping station piping.
B. Each operator shall electrically inspect each bare pipeline, to determine any areas in which active corrosion is taking place. The operator may not increase its established operating pressure on a section of bare pipeline until the section has been so electrically inspected. In any areas where active corrosion is found, the operator shall provide cathodic protection. Subsections 1921. F and G apply to all corroded pipe that is found.
C. Each operator shall electrically inspect all buried pumping station piping, as to the need for cathodic protection, and cathodic protection shall be provided where necessary.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4(C)(17).
