Code of Massachusetts Regulations
220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 220 CMR 107.00 - Abandonment of Gas Service Lines and Leakage Survey Procedures
Section 107.05 - Abandonment of Service Lines

Universal Citation: 220 MA Code of Regs 220.107

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of 220 CMR 107.05(2), (3), or (4), inactive service lines which shall be abandoned promptly, with due consideration to public safety, are those:

(a) Located in, or close to, excavations;

(b) Located in, or close to, buildings being demolished;

(c) Discovered to be leaking gas; or

(d) Unrecorded or previously unknown lines discovered in the course of leakage surveys, construction, maintenance or inspection of pipeline facilities.

(2) All service lines inactivated on or before August 8, 1985, and not later reactivated, shall be abandoned on or before August 8, 1995.

(3) A service line which was installed on or before July 31, 1971, and which becomes inactive after August 8, 1985, shall be abandoned not later than five years after the most recent inactivation date, provided, however, that if the operator can demonstrate that such service line is plastic or, in the alternative, is cathodically protected in accordance with 49 CFR 192.463 and 49 CFR 192.455(a)(1) and (2), then such service line shall be abandoned in accordance with 220 CMR 107.05(4).

(4) A service line which was installed after July 31, 1971, and which becomes inactive after August 8, 1985, shall be abandoned not later than ten years after the most recent inactivation date.

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