# Memo: Internal — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

**Citation:** PI-78-027  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 1978-11-13

PI-78-027 response to Memo: Internal concerning 192.707.

## Document text

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November 13, 1978
Interpretation of Section 192.707
Acting Associate Director for
Pipeline Safety Regulation, DMT-30
Chief, Southern Region, DMT-16
This refers to your memo of October 20, 1978, concerning the exception for "public road
maintenance activities" in the Georgia law relating to the prevention of damage to underground
pipelines.
The definition of "maintenance" in Section 95A-104 of the Georgia Code of Public Transportation
supports our view of June 19, 1978, that the Georgia damage prevention program qualifies as
"program" within the meaning of 49 CFR Section 192.707(b)(2)(ii).
Lucian M. Furrow
dal\192\707\78-11-13

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- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T00:59:31.977Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T15:48:11.074Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-interpretation-pi-78-027`

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