{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-71-0103","title":"Department of Housing & Urban Development — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1971-03-08","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-71-0103 response to Department of Housing & Urban Development concerning 192.3.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-0103.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-0103.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-0103","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1971/g71-03-08_Harbin_192.3_Master_Meter-nlmx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-71-0103\nMarch 8, 1971\nMr. Robin H. Harbin\nAttorney-Adviser\nDepartment of Housing\n& Urban Development\nDaniel Bldg., 15 South 20th Street\nBirmingham, Alabama 35233\nDear Mr. Harbin:\nThis is in reply to your letter of February 24, 1971, concerning the applicability of 49 CFR, Part\n192 to gas lines owned by a public housing authority of a municipality.\nThis office considers the mains and service lines downstream from the master meter to be a\ndistribution system that is subject to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act. The master meter is\nanalogous to a meter at the city gate, where there are no separate meters for individual users in\nthe distribution system downstream from the meter at the city gate, and a flat rate is charged.\nThe municipality, in the case of the housing complex, is an operator under our regulations.\nSection 192.3 of the new Federal Minimum Safety Standards defines \"operator\" as a person\n(including a municipality) who engages in the transportation of gas.\nUnder §192.3 of the regulations, a service line is defined as a distribution line that transports gas\nto a customer meter set assembly from a common source of supply. In the usual case involving\nindividual customer meters, the distribution system is regulated to the outlet side of each\ncustomer meter set assembly. However, where there is no individual customer meter at the point\nwhere the gas is delivered for consumption by the utilization equipment, the Office of Pipeline\nSafety applies the regulations up to the point where the customer meter would normally be - i.e.\nat the building wall, and the operator has the burden of compliance with the regulations in\nassuring a safe condition to this point.\nIf you have any further questions, do not hesitate to ask.\nSincerely,\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\n192.3 SERVICLI 1","truncated":false,"body_characters":1846}