REMOVING GAS DISTRIBUTION PIPE
REMOVING GAS DISTRIBUTION PIPE
(OP)
A contractor is removing old natural gas distribution pipe(8" steel) from a roadway. Is this pipe considered hazardous waste and need to be sent to the landfill or is it good to go to metal recycling yard? The pipe still smells like natural gas.





RE: REMOVING GAS DISTRIBUTION PIPE
What you are probably smelling is methyl mercaptan or ethyl mercaptan, added in tiny quantities to the distribution system to make gas leaks easily detectable.
From bioreference.net:
... which doesn't address the issue of whether a pipe with adsorbed mercaptan requires special care.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: REMOVING GAS DISTRIBUTION PIPE
http://www.h2o2.com/industrial/applications.aspx?p...
It doesn't address the issue of whether you should do so, or if you are required to do so.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA