[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR58.16-16]

[Page 261]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 58_MAIN AND AUXILIARY MACHINERY AND RELATED SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart 58.16_Liquefied Petroleum Gases for Cooking and Heating
 
Sec. 58.16-16  Reducing regulators.

    (a) All systems shall be provided with a regulating device so 
adjusted as to release gas to the distribution tubing at a pressure not 
in excess of 18 inches water column, or approximately 10.5 ounces per 
square inch.
    (b) The low pressure side of all regulators shall be protected 
against excessive pressure by means of a suitable relief valve which 
shall be integral with the regulator. The relief valve shall be set to 
start to discharge at a pressure not less than two times and not more 
than three times the delivery pressure.
    (c) All reducing regulators shall be fitted with a pressure gage 
located on the high pressure side of the regulator.