[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR195.120]

[Page 138-139]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 195--TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS BY PIPELINE--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C--Design Requirements
 
Sec. 195.120  Passage of internal inspection devices.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, 
each new pipeline and each line section of a pipeline where the line 
pipe, valve, fitting or other line component is replaced; must be 
designed and constructed to accommodate the passage of instrumented 
internal inspection devices.
    (b) This section does not apply to:
    (1) Manifolds;
    (2) Station piping such as at pump stations, meter stations, or 
pressure reducing stations;
    (3) Piping associated with tank farms and other storage facilities;
    (4) Cross-overs;
    (5) Sizes of pipe for which an instrumented internal inspection 
device is not commercially available;
    (6) Offshore pipelines, other than main lines 10 inches (254 
millimeters) or greater in nominal diameter, that transport liquids to 
onshore facilities; and
    (7) Other piping that the Administrator under Sec. 190.9 of this 
chapter, finds in a particular case would be impracticable to design and 
construct to accommodate the passage of instrumented internal inspection 
devices.
    (c) An operator encountering emergencies, construction time 
constraints and other unforeseen construction problems need not 
construct a new or replacement segment of a pipeline to meet paragraph 
(a) of this section, if the operator determines and documents why an 
impracticability prohibits compliance with paragraph (a) of this 
section. Within 30 days after discovering the emergency or construction 
problem the operator must petition, under Sec. 190.9 of this chapter, 
for approval that design and construction to accommodate passage of 
instrumented internal inspection devices would be impracticable. If the 
petition is denied, within 1 year after the date of the notice of the 
denial, the operator must modify that segment to allow

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passage of instrumented internal inspection devices.

[Amdt. 195-50, 59 FR 17281, Apr. 12, 1994, as amended by Amdt. 195-63, 
63 FR 37506, July 13, 1998]