# Stephen L. Grossman — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

**Citation:** PI-74-0130  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 1974-08-06

PI-74-0130 concerning 195.210.

## Document text

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PI-74-0130
August 6, 1974
Interpretation of 49 CFR §195.210
Deputy Director, OPS, TES-31
Assistant General Counsel, Regulation
This refers to your memo of July 18, 1974, regarding an interpretation of 49 CFR §195.210. We have noted
your comments on this interpretation and agree with your interim interpretation on this section which is
consistent with previous interpretations in this regard.
We feel that a rule change in this matter should be considered in the evaluation in the over-all updating of the
hazardous liquid regulations. We are, therefore, placing this recommendation in the project files for
consideration at that time.
Signed
Cesar DeLeon, TES-31

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Unites States Government
Department of Transportation
Office of the Secretary
MEMORANDUM
July 18, 1974
SUBJECT: Interpretation of 49 CFR §195.210
FROM: Assistant General Counsel, Regulation
TO: Deputy Director, OPS, TES-31
In view of the need for clarification of the requirements of 49 CFR § 195.210(b) and prior inconsistent
interpretations of its provisions provided by this office, it is recommended that this issue be resolved by
modification of the regulation. A draft amendment is attached (Attachment A). Because of the increasing
frequency with which this question is being raised, this amendment should be published for public comment
as soon as possible.
In the interim it is our legal opinion that §195.210(b) requires an operator to provide twelve inches additional
pipeline cover in any case in which the operator is a voluntary participant, through granting permission for
right-of-way encroachment or otherwise, to the reduction of the distance between a pipeline and adjacent
private dwellings or buildings in which people work, congregate or assemble to less than 50 feet.
Stephen L. Grossman

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ATTACHMENT A
. . . . In consideration of the foregoing, it is proposed to amend Subchapter B of Chapter I of Title 49,
Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:
1. By revising § 195.210 to read as follows:
§ 195.210 Pipeline location.
A pipeline route or right-of-way must be selected to avoid, as far as practical, areas containing
private dwellings and other buildings or places of public assemblage in which persons work, congregate
or assemble.
2. By adding a subparagraph (e) to § 195.402 to read as follows:
§ 195.402 General requirements.
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(e) A pipeline may not be operated within 50 feet of any private dwelling, or any
building or place of public assembly in which persons work, congregate or assemble, unless it is
provided with at least 12 inches of cover in addition to that prescribed in § 195.248.

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