[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR192.149]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 192--TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL AND OTHER GAS BY PIPELINE: MINIMUM FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart D--Design of Pipeline Components
 
Sec. 192.149  Standard fittings.

    (a) The minimum metal thickness of threaded fittings may not be less 
than specified for the pressures and temperatures in the applicable 
standards referenced in this part, or their equivalent.
    (b) Each steel butt-welding fitting must have pressure and 
temperature ratings based on stresses for pipe of the same or equivalent 
material. The actual bursting strength of the fitting must at least 
equal the computed bursting strength of pipe of the designated material 
and wall thickness, as determined by a prototype that was tested to at 
least the pressure required for the pipeline to which it is being added.