46 CFR 58.16-16
§ 58.16-16 Reducing regulators.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 58.16-16, § 58.16-16 Reducing regulators, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/225223
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Full text
(a) All systems shall be provided with a regulating device so adjusted as to release gas to the distribution tubing at a pressure not in excess of 18 inches water column, or approximately 10.5 ounces per square inch.
(b) The low-pressure side of all regulators must be protected against excessive pressure by means of a suitable relief valve, which must be integral with the regulator. The relief valve must be set to start to discharge at a pressure not less than two times and not more than three times the delivery pressure.
(c) All reducing regulators must be fitted with a pressure gage located on the high-pressure side of the regulator.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.