49 CFR 192.365
§ 192.365 Service lines: Location of valves.
United States · 49 CFR — Transportation · Status: effective
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- 49 CFR 192.365, § 192.365 Service lines: Location of valves, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/257135
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(a) Relation to regulator or meter. Each service-line valve must be installed upstream of the regulator or, if there is no regulator, upstream of the meter.
(b) Outside valves. Each service line must have a shut-off valve in a readily accessible location that, if feasible, is outside of the building.
(c) Underground valves. Each underground service-line valve must be located in a covered durable curb box or standpipe that allows ready operation of the valve and is supported independently of the service lines.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.