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New Jersey Pipeline Regulations – Misc. Revisions

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has made numerous changes to their natural gas pipeline safety regulations, as of October 19, 2009. These regulations can be found in Chapter 7 of Title 14 of the New Jersey State regulations. The revisions include changes to pipeline siting, construction supervision, directional drilling, pressure testing, burial, backfilling, leak detection, and valve spacing requirements, as well as responding to Notices of Probable Violations.