# Buffalo Gauge, Inc. — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

**Citation:** PI-00-0101  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2000-08-01

PI-00-0101 response to Buffalo Gauge, Inc. concerning 192.365.

## Document text

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PI-00-0101
August 1, 2000
Mr. Charles D, Schmidt
President/CEO
Buffalo Gauge, Inc.
4252 Ridge Lea Road
Buffalo, NY 14226-1016
Dear Mr. Schmidt:
I am responding to your letter of June 8, 2000, regarding your company’s Neupmatic Valve, a
remote gas shutoff system. You requested comments on whether this valve system would qualify
for use under 49 CFR 192.365, the federal regulation that governs the location of service-line
valves.
Of particular interest is § 192.365(b), which requires each service line valve to have “a shut-off
valve in a readily accessible location that, if feasible, is outside of the building.” This regulation
is intended to facilitate the control of gas flow to a building in an emergency. The literature you
provided indicates that although part of the Neupmatic Valve system is designed to be installed
inside a building, the valve system’s manual control device is designed to be installed outside the
building. Given this configuration, which enables the shut-off of gas from a location outside a
building, we think the valve system could be used to meet § 192.365(b).
I hope you find this information useful. If we can be of further assistance, please phone me at
(202) 366-4565.
Sincerely,
Richard D. Huriaux, P.E.
Manager, Regulations
Office of Pipeline Safety

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