# Bridgeline Gas Distribution, LLC — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

**Citation:** PI-95-012  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 1995-05-08

PI-95-012 response to Bridgeline Gas Distribution, LLC concerning 194.1, 195.1.

## Document text

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U.S. Department 400 Seventh Street, S.W.
of Transportation Washington, D.C. 20590
Research and
Special Programs
Administration
May 8, 1995
Mr. Dennis Huddleston
Vice President, Operations
Bridgeline Gas Distribution LLC
P.O. Box 60252
New Orleans, LA 70160
Dear Mr. Huddleston:
I am responding to your letter of February 10, 1995 concerning two marine transfer lines, 2.8 miles
long. These lines transport natural gasoline and butane between the storage tanks of a gas
processing plant and a barge dock. You asked whether the Coast Guard has authority to require
leak testing of the lines. In addition, you asked whether the Coast Guard’ s oil spill response plan
regulations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 apply to the lines instead of 49 CFR Part 194, and
whether the operation and maintenance requirements of 49 CFR Part 195 apply to the lines.
Because the Coast Guard has authority to regulate the safety of U.S. port activities, some of the
Coast Guard’ s safety regulations may affect pipelines in port areas. However, I cannot speak
definitively about the Coast Guard’ s authority to require leak testing of the two transfer lines.
Perhaps the Coast Guard officials with whom you have been in contact can answer this question,
or you may write the Coast Guard Commandant, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington DC,
20593.
As for response plan regulations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, a secretarial delegation of
authority gives the Research and Special Programs Administration exclusive responsibility for
pipeline response plans, except for marine transfer lines associated with motor carrier or railroad
transportation (1 CFR 1.53(k)(2)). Consequently, Part 194 rather than the Coast Guard’ s
response plan regulations would apply to the two transfer lines.
Besides any Coast Guard safety requirements, the safety standards in 49 CFR Part 195, including
operation and maintenance requirements in Subpart F, apply to the two marine transfer lines. In
Louisiana, the Department of Natural Resources has authority to enforce Part 195 against
intrastate hazardous liquid pipelines and to apply additional or more stringent safety regulations
that are compatible with Part 195. Thus, the Coast Guard does not have exclusive jurisdiction
over the two marine transfer lines.
SW/dal/Part 194
95-05-08 Part 194
195.400

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Please let me know if I may be of any further assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
Cesar DeLeon
Deputy Associate Administrator
for Pipeline Safety
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