49 CFR 192.747
§ 192.747 Valve maintenance: Distribution systems.
United States · 49 CFR — Transportation · Status: effective
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- 49 CFR 192.747, § 192.747 Valve maintenance: Distribution systems, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/257245
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(a) Each valve, the use of which may be necessary for the safe operation of a distribution system, must be checked and serviced at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year.
(b) Each operator must take prompt remedial action to correct any valve found inoperable, unless the operator designates an alternative valve.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.