# International Diversified Service Co. — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

**Citation:** PI-72-019  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 1972-05-16

PI-72-019 response to International Diversified Service Co. concerning 192.453.

## Document text

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Mr. Vincent Goddard
Management & Market Research Div.
International Diversified Service Co.
321 East Second Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
Dear Mr. Goddard:
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter dated April 26, 1972, regarding pipeline coating.
Your specific questions are:
Question #1: Do you have any enforcement provisions of guidelines that would give more
explicit standards?... (on) paragraphs 195.236, 195,238, and the section following 192.451.
Answer: No, we do not have more explicit standards.
Question #2: Are there any specific licenses or test that a foreign company must pass before they
can sell their pipeline coating products in the United States?
Answer: No, the gas pipeline safety regulations do not specify licenses or tests that a foreign
company must pass before they can sell their pipeline coating products in the United States.
Question #3: Do you have any product specification studies that might be of assistance in
determining the salability of a coating product?
Answer: No, we do not have any specification studies.
We are enclosing a copy of the regulations as you requested. If we can be of further assistance,
please let us know.
Sincerely,
/signed/
Joseph C. Caldwell
Director
Office of Pipeline Safety
Enclosure
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C:\WP51\INTERPRT\192\451\72-05-16
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