---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 192.375"
title: "49"
number: "192.375"
heading: "Service lines: Plastic."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/192.375"
---

# §192.375. Service lines: Plastic.

- (a) Each plastic service line outside a building must be installed below ground level, except that—
  - (1) It may be installed in accordance with [§ 192.321(g)](/cfr/49/192.321.md?p=g); and
  - (2) It may terminate above ground level and outside the building, if—
    - (i) The above ground level part of the plastic service line is protected against deterioration and external damage;
    - (ii) The plastic service line is not used to support external loads; and
    - (iii) The riser portion of the service line meets the design requirements of [§ 192.204](/cfr/49/192.204.md).
- (b) Each plastic service line inside a building must be protected against external damage.

## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 192-78, 61 FR 28785, June 6, 1996; Amdt. 192-124, 83 FR 58719, Nov. 20, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60101 et. seq., and 49 CFR 1.97.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 192-78, 61 FR 28785, June 6, 1996; Amdt. 192-124, 83 FR 58719, Nov. 20, 2018]