---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 192.709"
title: "49"
number: "192.709"
heading: "Transmission lines: Record keeping."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/192.709"
---

# §192.709. Transmission lines: Record keeping.


Each operator shall maintain the following records for transmission lines for the periods specified:

- (a) The date, location, and description of each repair made to pipe (including pipe-to-pipe connections) must be retained for as long as the pipe remains in service.
- (b) The date, location, and description of each repair made to parts of the pipeline system other than pipe must be retained for at least 5 years. However, repairs generated by patrols, surveys, inspections, or tests required by subparts [L](/cfr/49/subpartL.md) and [M](/cfr/49/subpartM.md) of this part must be retained in accordance with [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (c) A record of each patrol, survey, inspection, and test required by subparts [L](/cfr/49/subpartL.md) and [M](/cfr/49/subpartM.md) of this part must be retained for at least 5 years or until the next patrol, survey, inspection, or test is completed, whichever is longer.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 192-78, 61 FR 28786, June 6, 1996]

### 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

[Amdt. 192-78, 61 FR 28786, June 6, 1996]