[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR192.55]

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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 B--Materials
 
Sec. 192.55  Steel pipe.

    (a) New steel pipe is qualified for use under this part if:
    (1) It was manufactured in accordance with a listed specification;
    (2) It meets the requirements of--
    (i) Section II of appendix B to this part; or
    (ii) If it was manufactured before November 12, 1970, either section 
II or III of appendix B to this part; or
    (3) It is used in accordance with paragraph (c) or (d) of this 
section.
    (b) Used steel pipe is qualified for use under this part if:
    (1) It was manufactured in accordance with a listed specification 
and it

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meets the requirements of paragraph II-C of appendix B to this part;
    (2) It meets the requirements of:
    (i) Section II of appendix B to this part; or
    (ii) If it was manufactured before November 12, 1970, either section 
II or III of appendix B to this part;
    (3) It has been used in an existing line of the same or higher 
pressure and meets the requirements of paragraph II-C of appendix B to 
this part; or
    (4) It is used in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section.
    (c) New or used steel pipe may be used at a pressure resulting in a 
hoop stress of less than 6,000 p.s.i. (41 MPa) where no close coiling or 
close bending is to be done, if visual examination indicates that the 
pipe is in good condition and that it is free of split seams and other 
defects that would cause leakage. If it is to be welded, steel pipe that 
has not been manufactured to a listed specification must also pass the 
weldability tests prescribed in paragraph II-B of appendix B to this 
part.
    (d) Steel pipe that has not been previously used may be used as 
replacement pipe in a segment of pipeline if it has been manufactured 
prior to November 12, 1970, in accordance with the same specification as 
the pipe used in constructing that segment of pipeline.
    (e) New steel pipe that has been cold expanded must comply with the 
mandatory provisions of API Specification 5L.

[35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 191-1, 35 FR 17660, 
Nov. 17, 1970; Amdt. 192-12, 38 FR 4761, Feb. 22, 1973; Amdt. 192-51, 51 
FR 15335, Apr. 23, 1986; 58 FR 14521, Mar. 18, 1993; Amdt. 192-85, 63 FR 
37502, July 13, 1998]