---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 192.53"
title: "49"
number: "192.53"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/192.53"
---

# §192.53. General.


Materials for pipe and components must be:

- (a) Able to maintain the structural integrity of the pipeline under temperature and other environmental conditions that may be anticipated;
- (b) Chemically compatible with any gas that they transport and with any other material in the pipeline with which they are in contact; and
- (c) **Qualified in accordance with the applicable requirements of this subpart.**

## Notes

### 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.