{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-71-0102","title":"Public Service Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1971-02-18","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-71-0102 response to Public Service Commission concerning 192.3.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-0102.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-0102.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-0102","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1971/g71-02-18_Spalding_192.3_Service_Line-nlmx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-71-0102\n02-18-71\nMr. T. K. Spalding, Director\nGas Pipeline Safety Division\nState of West Virginia\nPublic Service Commission\nCharleston, West Virginia 25305\nDear Mr. Spalding:\nThis is in reply to your letter of February 2, 1971, to Mr. Walter Kurylo, concerning the\nclassification under 49 CFR, Part 192, of a line serving a single industrial plant up to the\nmeasurement and regulating station.\nThe definition of transmission line for the purposes of our regulation is contained in Section\n192.3. If the line either transports gas from a gathering line or storage facility to a distribution\ncenter or storage facility or it operates at 20 percent or more of SMYS or if it transports gas\nwithin a storage field it is considered a transmission line, otherwise it is a main or service line.\nA measurement and regulating station serving an industrial plant would not alone in our\ninterpretation, constitute a distribution center.\nIn the circumstance you have described the line would be considered a service line unless it met\none or more of the described conditions which would bring it within the definition of a\ntransmission line.\nIf we can be of further assistance to you, please let us know.\nSincerely,\n/signed/\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector, Acting\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\n192.3 SERVICLI 1","truncated":false,"body_characters":1307}