[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR192.169]

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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. 192.169  Compressor stations: Pressure limiting devices.

    (a) Each compressor station must have pressure relief or other 
suitable protective devices of sufficient capacity and sensitivity to 
ensure that the maximum allowable operating pressure of the station 
piping and equipment is not exceeded by more than 10 percent.
    (b) Each vent line that exhausts gas from the pressure relief valves 
of a compressor station must extend to a location where the gas may be 
discharged without hazard.