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TITLE 16 ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 1RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 9LP-GAS SAFETY RULES
SUBCHAPTER AGENERAL REQUIREMENTS
RULE §9.1Application of Rules, Severability, and Retroactivity
ISSUE 03/25/2005
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a)The LP-Gas Safety Rules apply to the location and operation of liquefied petroleum gas systems, equipment, and appliances. These standards also apply to truck and railcar loading racks, but do not apply to marine terminals, natural gasoline plants, refineries, tank farms, gas manufacturing plants, plants engaged in processing liquefied petroleum gases, or to railcar loading racks used in connection with these excluded establishments.

  (1) - (5)(No change.)

   [(6)Subchapter F, Adoption by Reference of NFPA 51 (Standard for the Design and Installation of Oxygen-Fuel Gas Systems for Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes), applies to the use of LP-gas as a welding fuel.]

(b) - (f)(No change.)

(g)Vehicles and fuel supply containers excluded from the requirements of this chapter pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall comply with the requirements of §9.203 of this title, relating to School Bus, Public Transportation, Mass Transit, and Special Transit Vehicle Installations and Inspections, and the Commission's exception to NFPA 58 §8.2.3(l) [§8.2.3.1(k)] in Table 1 in §9.403(a), relating to Sections in NFPA 58 Not Adopted by Reference, and Adopted with Changes, Additional Requirements, or Corrections.

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on March 9, 2005

TRD-200501070

Mary Ross McDonald

Managing Director

Railroad Commission of Texas

Proposed date of adoption: September 1, 2005

For further information, please call: (512) 475-1295



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