# Memo: Internal — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

**Citation:** PI-89-012  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 1989-07-06

PI-89-012 response to Memo: Internal concerning 192.5.

## Document text

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Class 3 Determination based on Motel within 220 yards of a transmission line.
The situation in Forgus Falls where Great Plains Gas Company has a transmission line near a
Holiday Inn was discussed with Furrow. The motel is not within 100 yards of the motel, but it
may be within 220 yards.
The question is: Should the motel rooms be counted as dwellings units, similar to apartments, or
as a single building?
In Furrow's opinion (emphasis) there is probably a distinction between a dwelling unit, which
serves as a more permanent place of residence, and a motel room, which is generally occupied for
a short term. He does not feel that the motel room would be classified as a dwelling unit for the
purposes of the regulations.
A motel alone would have to be within 100 yards of a pipeline and meet the occupancy
requirements of 192.5(d)(2) to establish a class 3 location.
NOTE: THIS IS AN OPINION, NOT AN INTERPRETATION. IT COULD BE REVERSED.
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