{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-00-0101","title":"Buffalo Gauge, Inc. — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2000-08-01","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-00-0101 response to Buffalo Gauge, Inc. concerning 192.365.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-00-0101.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-00-0101.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-00-0101","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/2000/g00-08-01_SCHMIDT_192.365-nlmx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-00-0101\nAugust 1, 2000\nMr. Charles D, Schmidt\nPresident/CEO\nBuffalo Gauge, Inc.\n4252 Ridge Lea Road\nBuffalo, NY 14226-1016\nDear Mr. Schmidt:\nI am responding to your letter of June 8, 2000, regarding your company’s Neupmatic Valve, a\nremote gas shutoff system. You requested comments on whether this valve system would qualify\nfor use under 49 CFR 192.365, the federal regulation that governs the location of service-line\nvalves.\nOf particular interest is § 192.365(b), which requires each service line valve to have “a shut-off\nvalve in a readily accessible location that, if feasible, is outside of the building.” This regulation\nis intended to facilitate the control of gas flow to a building in an emergency. The literature you\nprovided indicates that although part of the Neupmatic Valve system is designed to be installed\ninside a building, the valve system’s manual control device is designed to be installed outside the\nbuilding. Given this configuration, which enables the shut-off of gas from a location outside a\nbuilding, we think the valve system could be used to meet § 192.365(b).\nI hope you find this information useful. If we can be of further assistance, please phone me at\n(202) 366-4565.\nSincerely,\nRichard D. Huriaux, P.E.\nManager, Regulations\nOffice of Pipeline Safety","truncated":false,"body_characters":1306}