GUIDELINES

FOR CROSSING PIPELINES, GAS TRANSMISSION LINES, MAINS AND SERVICE

CONNECTIONS ON OR NEAR PIPELINES, FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY

OPTIONAL
WARNING TAPE

25 FEET

CATHODIC PROTECTION BONDS

AND POTENTIAL LEADS AT ALL
DOT APPROVED CROSSINGS TERMINATED AT
PIPELINE ABOVEGROUND LOCATIONS
MARKERS OR
IDENTIFYING
MARKERS

CROSSING ANGLE
AS CLOSE TO 90°
AS POSSIBLE OPTIONAL
WARNING TAPE

24" CLEARANCE UNDER

PETROLEUM PIPELINE

OPTIONAL
WARNING TAPE

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GUIDELINES
FOR AGRICULTURE: FIELD TILE DITCHING AND DEEP PLOWING
ON OR NEAR PIPELINES, FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY

FIELD TILE

MINIMUM
24" CLEARANCE CROSSING ANGLE
AS CLOSE TO 90°
AS POSSIBLE

PIPELINE OPERATOR’S
REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD
MONITOR THE ACTIVITY

DEEP PLOWING AND

LAND CONTOUR
MODIFICATIONS

PLAN AHEAD WORK SAFE

NOTIFY PIPELINE PROJECT PLANNING IS
OPERATOR WELL THE KEY TO SAFETY
IN ADVANCE

WHEN PLANNING YOUR PROJECT

CALL THE PIPELINE OPERATOR
PIPELINE OPERATOR’S
REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD
MONITOR THE ACTIVITY WHEN
YOU’RE WORKING WITHIN 50 FEET PIPELINE EXPERTS CAN HELP WITH THE
EITHER SIDE OF THE PIPELINE PLANNING PROCESS AND PIPELINE SAFETY

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GUIDELINES
FOR BORING, DRILLING, AND TUNNELING
ON OR NEAR PIPELINES, FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY

RESPECT THE NEED FOR SAFETY

PIPELINE OPERATOR’S
REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD
MONITOR THE ACTIVITY
WHEN BORING, DRILLING,
OR TUNNELING IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY TO THE PIPELINE

CROSSING ANGLE AS CLOSE

TO 90°AS POSSIBLE

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GUIDELINES
FOR OVERHEAD AND BURIED POWER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES INCLUDING
FIBER OPTICS ON OR NEAR PIPELINES, FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY

20 FEET

25 FEET
OPTIONAL
WARNING TAPE
CROSSING ANGLE
AS CLOSE TO 90°
AS POSSIBLE
25 FEET OPTIONAL
WARNING TAPE

24" CLEARANCE UNDER

PETROLEUM PIPELINE

10 FEET

CABLES INSTALLED
IN PVC WITH 6"
RED COLORED
CONCRETE ABOVE
THE BURIED CABLE
TRACER WIRE

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GUIDELINES
FOR ROADS, RAILROADS, PAVED LOTS, AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT VEHICLES
ON OR NEAR PIPELINES, FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY

TEMPORARY (15,000
LBS. OR LESS)

RECOMMENDED 72" 36" 48" 72" 48"

DISTANCES:

STUDY THE LOCATION EVALUATE CAREFULLY

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FOR NON-EXPLOSIVE SEISMIC TESTING AND BLASTING OPERATIONS
ON OR NEAR PIPELINES, FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY

150 FEET STEADY STATE VIBRATOR

OR THUMPER SOURCE

600 FEET

OTHER NON-EXPLOSIVE
TESTING DEVICES

P
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1,320 FEET

BLASTING OPERATIONS
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PIPELINE SAFETY AWARENESS
MARKER SIGNS ARE IMPORTANT!
Pipelines are marked with aboveground signs
(markers) within the right-of-way (ROW), as
required by federal/state regulations, to alert
the public, landowners and potential excavators
to the existence and approximate location of a
pipeline. Removal or tampering with marker
signs is unsafe and violates federal law. The
permanent pipeline signs and markers also
help keep workers safe by keeping their focus
on the High Pressure Pipeline System.
SIGNS LOCATED NEAR ROADS, RAILROADS,
AND ALONG PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAYS
PAINTED METAL OR TEST
PLASTIC POSTS STATION
Pipeline markers are located at varying intervals
along the ROW and typically on both sides of
most road crossings. All pipeline markers list
a telephone number for reporting pipeline
emergencies and will indicate the product
being transported in that pipeline. The
placement of these markers indicates the
general position of the buried pipeline and
should never be used as a reference for the
exact location of the pipeline.
PIPELINE CASING VENTS
Remember, as the job site develops, the
topography changes. Points of reference
become unclear. New workers arrive. The
pipeline marker becomes more critical when
activity increases in the area. As people come
to live and work near the pipeline system, the
awareness and the respect for these markers
must be maintained.
MARKER FOR PIPELINE PATROL PLANE
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