{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-71-039","title":"El Paso Natural Gas Company — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1971-03-23","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-71-039 response to El Paso Natural Gas Company concerning 192.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-039.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-039.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-71-039","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1971/PI71039.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMarch 22, 1971\nMr. William F. Howard\nAttorney-in-Fact\nEl Paso Natural Gas Company\nEl Paso, Texas 79999\nDear Mr. Howard:\nThe Board of Commissioners of Cowlitz County, State of Washington has written us expressing\nconcern about the compatibility of your transmission line construction plans in that county with a\ncomprehensive plan which the county has adopted for future development. Enclosed with their\nletter was a copy of a letter from you, dated February 19, 1971, to Mr. & Mrs. Oliver R. Proud of\nKelso, Washington, concerning your plans for uprating your existing 26\" pipe in the event of a\nchange in class location and, as your letter states \"the 30\" pipe line, when constructed and placed\nin operation, will meet Class 3 requirements of the Department of Transportation.\" We would\nappreciate more precise information as to your design, construction, operation and maintenance\nplans for the 30\" pipe so that we may write an adequate reply to the County Commissioners.\nSincerely,\n\\SIGNED\\\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\ndal\\192.1-a\\1\\71-03-22\n1","truncated":false,"body_characters":1086}