{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-71-0117","title":"R & G Slaone Manufacturing Co — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1971-09-15","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-71-0117 response to R & G Slaone Manufacturing Co concerning 192.3.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-0117.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-0117.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-0117","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1971/g71-09-15_McIntosh_192.3_Master_Meter-lmx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-71-0117\n09-15-71\nMr. R. W. McIntosh\nGas Industries\nProduct Manager\nR & G Slaone Manufacturing Co\nO. O. Box 876\nSun Valley, California\nThank you for your letter of August 31, 1971, requesting information on who has the regulatory\nauthority for gas systems, especially in mobile home parks.\nIt is not possible to answer your letter with specificity with the limited information supplied. As\npresented it appears to be a question that involves service lines. As you are aware there is a\npending notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the definition of \"service line.\" The time for\ncomments ended July 23, 1971, and these comments are now being analyzed.\nUnder Section 192.3 of the regulations, as presently promulgated, a service line is defined as a\ndistribution line that transports gas to a customer meter set assembly for a common source of\nsupply. In the usual case involving individual customer meters, the distribution system is\nregulated to the outlet side of each customer meter set assembly. However, where there is no\nindividual customer meter at the point where the gas is delivered for consumption by the\nutilization equipment, the Office of Pipeline Safety applies the regulations up to the point where\nthe customer meter would normally be, e.g., at the building wall, and the operator has the burden\nof compliance with the regulations in assuring a safe condition to this point.\nUntil the rulemaking procedure regarding service lines definition is completed, this office\nconsiders the mains and service lines downstream from the master meter of a mobile home park\nto be a distribution system that is subject to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act. The master\nmeter can be considered analogous to a meter at a city gate, where there are no separate meters\nfor individual users in the distribution system downstream from the meter, and a flat rate is\ncharged. The city is an operator under our regulations. In like manner the landlord, in the case\nof the mobile home park, is an operator. Section 192.3 of the new Federal minimum safety\nstandards defines \"Operator\" as a person who engages in the transportation of gas.\nWe trust that this information will be of assistance to you. If you have any further question\nplease feel free to contact us.\nSincerely,\nJoseph C. Caldwell, Director\n192.3 SERVICLI 1","truncated":false,"body_characters":2323}