Minnesota Administrative Rules

1346.5408 SECTION 408 (IFGC) DRIPS AND SLOPED PIPING.

IFGC Section 408.4 is amended to read as follows:

408.4 Sediment trap. A sediment trap shall be installed before all automatically controlled gas utilization equipment where a sediment trap is not incorporated as part of the equipment. The sediment trap shall be installed as close to the inlet of the equipment as practical, before any regulator or automatic gas valve, and ahead of all pounds-to-inches pressure regulators. The sediment trap shall be either a tee fitting with a capped nipple, a minimum of 3 inches (80 mm) in length, in the bottom opening of the run of the tee, or other device approved as an effective sediment trap. If a tee fitting is used, it shall provide a 90-degree change of direction of gas flow and the cap shall be at an elevation lower than the tee fitting.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 16B.59; 16B.61; 16B.64; 326B.101; 326B.106; 326B.13

History:

29 SR 299; L 2007 c 140 art 4 s 61; art 13 s 4

Published Electronically:

October 23, 2009