46 CFR 56.50-25
§ 56.50-25 Safety and relief valve escape piping.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 56.50-25, § 56.50-25 Safety and relief valve escape piping, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/225099
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Full text
(a) Escape piping from safety valves must have an area of not less than that of the combined areas of the outlets of all valves discharging thereto and must be led as near vertically as practicable to the atmosphere.
(b) Expansion joints or flexible pipe connections must be fitted in escape piping. The piping must be adequately supported so that no stress is transmitted to the safety valve body.
(c) Safety or relief valve discharges, when permitted to terminate in the machinery space, must be led below the floorplates or to a remote position.
(d) The back pressure effect of the escape piping on the operation of the relief device must be considered.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.