DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET & FINANCE

 

              Adoption of Chapter 6-77

            Hawaii Administrative Rules

 

                   April 15, 1994

 

 

                      SUMMARY

 

Chapter 6-77, Hawaii Administrative Rules, entitled "Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline:  Minimum Safety Standards," is adopted.


            HAWAII ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

 

                      TITLE 6

 

         DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE

 

            PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

 

    TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL AND OTHER GAS BY

        PIPELINE:  MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS

 

 

 

Subchapter 1  General

 

'6-77-1        Scope of chapter

'6-77-2        Definitions

'6-77-3        Incorporation by reference

 

 

 

Subchapter 2  Annual Reports, Incident Reports, and Safety-Related Condition Reports

 

'6-77-4        Telephonic notice of certain

  incidents

'6-77-5        Addressee for written reports

'6-77-6        Distribution system:  incident report

'6-77-7        Distribution system:  annual report

'6-77-8        Distribution systems reporting:

  transmission pipelines,

  transmission, or gathering systems

  reporting distribution pipelines

'6-77-9        Transmission and gathering systems:

  incident report

'6-77-10       Transmission and gathering systems:

  annual report

'6-77-11       Report forms

'6-77-12       Reporting safety-related conditions

'6-77-13       Filing safety-related condition

  reports

 

 

 


Subchapter 3  Minimum Safety Standards - General

 

'6-77-14       Class locations

'6-77-15       Gathering lines

'6-77-16       Petroleum gas systems

'6-77-17       General

'6-77-18       Conversion to service subject to this                  chapter

 

 

 

Subchapter 4  Minimum Safety Standards - Materials

 

'6-77-19       Scope

'6-77-20       General

'6-77-21       Steel pipe

'6-77-22       (Reserved)

'6-77-23       Plastic pipe

'6-77-24       (Reserved)

'6-77-25       Marking of materials

'6-77-26       Transportation of pipe

 

 

 

Subchapter 5  Minimum Safety Standards - Pipe Design

 

'6-77-27       Scope

'6-77-28       General

'6-77-29       Design formula for steel pipe

'6-77-30       Yield strength (S) for steel pipe

'6-77-31       Nominal wall thickness (t) for steel

  pipe

'6-77-32       Design factor (F) for steel pipe

'6-77-33       Longitudinal joint factor (E) for

  steel pipe

'6-77-34       Temperature derating factor (T) for

  steel pipe

'6-77-35       (Reserved)

'6-77-36       (Reserved)

'6-77-37       Design of plastic pipe

'6-77-38       Design limitations for plastic pipe

'6-77-39       Design of copper pipe

 

 

 


Subchapter 6 Minimum Safety Standards - Design of Pipeline Components

 

'6-77-40       Scope

'6-77-41       General requirements

'6-77-42       Qualifying metallic components

'6-77-43       Valves

'6-77-44       Flanges and flange accessories   

'6-77-45       Standard fittings

'6-77-46       Tapping

'6-77-47       Components fabricated by welding

'6-77-48       Welded branch connections

'6-77-49       Extruded outlets

'6-77-50       Flexibility

'6-77-51       Supports and anchors

'6-77-52       Compressor stations:  design

  and construction

'6-77-53       Compressor stations:  liquid removal

'6-77-54       Compressor stations:  emergency

  shutdown

'6-77-55       Compressor stations:  pressure

  limiting devices

'6-77-56       Compressor stations:  additional

  safety equipment

'6-77-57       Compressor stations:  ventilation

'6-77-58       Pipe-type and bottle-type holders

'6-77-59       Additional provisions for bottle-type

  holders

'6-77-60       Transmission line valves

'6-77-61       Distribution line valves

'6-77-62       Vaults:  structural design

  requirements

'6-77-63       Vaults:  accessibility

'6-77-64       Vaults:  sealing, venting, and

  ventilation

'6-77-65       Vaults:  drainage and waterproofing

'6-77-66       Design pressure of plastic fillings

'6-77-67       Valve installation in plastic pipe

'6-77-68       Protection against accidental

  overpressuring

'6-77-69       Control of the pressure of gas

  delivered from high-pressure

  distribution systems

'6-77-70       Requirements for design of pressure

  relief and limiting devices


'6-77-71       Required capacity of pressure

  relieving and limiting stations

'6-77-72       Instrument, control, and sampling

  pipe and components

 

 

 

Subchapter 7  Minimum Safety Standards - Welding of Steel in Pipelines

 

'6-77-73       Scope

'6-77-74       Welding-general

'6-77-75       Qualification of welders

'6-77-76       Limitations on welders

'6-77-77       Protection from weather

'6-77-78       Miter joints

'6-77-79       Preparation for welding

'6-77-80       Inspection and test of welds

'6-77-81       Nondestructive testing

'6-77-82       Repair or removal of defects

 

 

 

Subchapter 8  Minimum Safety Standards - Joining of Materials Other Than By Welding

 

'6-77-83       Scope

'6-77-84       General

'6-77-85       Cast iron pipe

'6-77-86       Ductile iron pipe

'6-77-87       Copper pipe

'6-77-88       Plastic pipe

'6-77-89       Plastic pipe; qualifying joining