49 CFR § 192.329 - Installation of plastic pipelines by trenchless excavation.
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s192.329"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 192.329 - Installation of plastic pipelines by trenchless excavation."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "192.329"
section_name: "Installation of plastic pipelines by trenchless excavation."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PIPELINE SAFETY"
part_number: "192"
part_name: "TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL AND OTHER GAS BY PIPELINE: MINIMUM FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60101 and 49 CFR 1.97."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "192"
---
# 192.329 Installation of plastic pipelines by trenchless excavation.
Plastic pipelines installed by trenchless excavation must comply with the following:
(a) Each operator must take practicable steps to provide sufficient clearance for installation and maintenance activities from other underground utilities and/or structures at the time of installation.
(b) For each pipeline section, plastic pipe and components that are pulled through the ground must use a weak link, as defined by § 192.3, to ensure the pipeline will not be damaged by any excessive forces during the pulling process.
[Amdt. 192-124, 83 FR 58719, Nov. 20, 2018]