- A. Gathering pipelines shall be installed to be compatible with other uses of the area.
- B. No permit shall be issued for a gathering pipeline to be installed closer than 100 feet from any inhabited building or railway, unless site conditions as approved by the director warrant the use of a lesser distance and there exists a lease or agreement between the operator and the owner of the inhabited building or railway. A copy of the lease or agreement shall accompany the application for a permit.
C. Materials used in gathering pipelines shall be able to withstand anticipated conditions. At a minimum this shall include:
- 1. All plastic gathering pipeline connections shall be fused, not coupled.
- 2. All buried gathering pipelines shall be detectable by magnetic or other remote means from the surface.
- D. All new gathering pipelines shall be tested to maintain a minimum of 110% of anticipated pressure prior to being placed into service.
- E. All gathering pipelines shall be maintained in good operating condition at all times.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-361.27 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR480-05-22.1 § 5.2, eff. September 25, 1991; amended, Virginia Register Volume 15, Issue 2, eff. November 11, 1998; Volume 29, Issue 3, eff. November 8, 2012; Volume 30, Issue 1, eff. October 10, 2013.