Section 135.319. Installation of pipe in a ditch additions [49 CFR 192.319].

 

(1)  After 49 CFR 192.319 (a), insert:

(aw) This includes grading the ditch so that the pipe has a firm, substantially continuous bearing on the bottom of the ditch. When long sections of pipe that have been welded alongside the ditch are lowered in, care shall be exercised so as not to jerk the pipe or impose any strains that may kink or put a permanent bend in the pipe.

(2)  After 49 CFR 192.319 (b)(2), insert:

(3w) If there are large rocks in the material to be used for backfill, care should be used to prevent damage to the coating or pipe by such means as the use of rock shield material, or by making the initial fill with rock free material to a sufficient depth over the pipe to prevent damage.

(4w) Where flooding of the trench is done to consolidate the backfill, care shall be exercised to see that the pipe is not floated from its firm bearing on the trench bottom.

(3)  After 49 CFR 192.319 (c), insert:

(cw) The provisions of 49 CFR 192.319 (a) shall also apply to mains operating at less than 20% of the SMYS.

Cr. Register, October, 1999, No. 526 , eff. 11-1-99.