---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 57.12081"
title: "30"
number: "57.12081"
heading: "Bonding metal pipelines to ground return circuits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/57.12081"
---

# §57.12081. Bonding metal pipelines to ground return circuits.


All metal pipelines, 1,000 feet or more in length running parallel to trolley tracks, that are used as a ground return circuit shall be bonded to the return circuit rail at the ends of the pipeline and at intervals not to exceed 500 feet.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 4082, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.