[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
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

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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.