§195.134. Leak detection. — Inbound Citations

(6) API Recommended Practice 652, Linings of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Bottoms, 5th Edition, May 2020, (API RP 652); IBR approved for § 195.579(d).

(b) A pipeline must have an effective system for detecting leaks in accordance with §§ 195.134 or 195.452, as appropriate. An operator must evaluate the capability of its leak detection system to protect the public, property, and the environment and modify it as necessary to do so. At a minimum, an operator's evaluation must consider the following factors—length and size of the pipeline, type of product carried, the swiftness of leak detection, location of nearest response personnel, and leak history.

(7) Pipeline Segment, 3rd edition, September 2007, (API RP 1130); IBR approved for §§ 195.134(c); 195.444(c).