{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-70-029","title":"American Meter Company — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1970-12-19","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-70-029 response to American Meter Company concerning 195.116.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-70-029.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-70-029.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-70-029","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1970/PI70029.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMr. Giles M. Crabtree, Product Engineer\nAmerican Meter Company\n13500 Philmont Avenue\nPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19116\nDear Mr. Crabtree:\nThis refers to your letters of November 16 and December 8, 1970 to\nMr, Frank Fulton of the Office of Pipeline Safety of this\nDepartment, concerning needle valves manufactured by your company.\nBecause liquid pipelines engaged in interstate commerce are under\njurisdiction of the Federal Railroad Administration, your letters\nwere referred to this Bureau for reply.\nA review has been made of your Bulletin 420.2 in which the needle\nvalves in question are described. It is noted that the valves are\nused for pipe sizes 1/8\" through 1/2\" on measurement gages and\nvarious control mechanisms. Obviously, valves of those sizes would\nbe external to main line pipe, and would not be used to control the\nflow of a product moving in interstate commerce. Therefore, the\nprovisions of Section 195.116 of the regulations governing the\ntransportation of liquids by pipeline do not apply to valves as\ndescribed in Bulletin 420.2\nSincerely yours,\nMac E. Rogers\nDirector\nBureau of Railroad Safety\nDB\nC:\\WP51\\INTERPRT\\195\\116\\70-12-29\n1","truncated":false,"body_characters":1168}