---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 192.731"
title: "49"
number: "192.731"
heading: "Compressor stations: Inspection and testing of relief devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/192.731"
---

# §192.731. Compressor stations: Inspection and testing of relief devices.

- (a) Except for rupture discs, each pressure relieving device in a compressor station must be inspected and tested in accordance with §§ [192.739](/cfr/49/192.739.md) and [192.743](/cfr/49/192.743.md), and must be operated periodically to determine that it opens at the correct set pressure.
- (b) Any defective or inadequate equipment found must be promptly repaired or replaced.
- (c) Each remote control shutdown device must be inspected and tested at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year, to determine that it functions properly.

## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 192-43, 47 FR 46851, Oct. 21, 1982]

### 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. 192-43, 47 FR 46851, Oct. 21, 1982]