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