{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-72-0115","title":"Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1972-11-10","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-72-0115 response to Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc concerning 192.379.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-0115.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-0115.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-0115","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1972/g72-11-10_Cain_192.379-nlmx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-72-0115\nNovember 10, 1972\nMr. H. F. Cain\nMeasurement Superintendent\nPiedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.\nP.O. Box 1968\nCharlotte, North Carolina 28201\nDear Mr. Cain:\nThis is in response to your letter of October 25, 1972, in which you question whether the company practice with regard\nto cutting off service remains an acceptable procedure under the recently adopted amendment 192-8 to 40 CFR Part\n192.\nUnder the amendment, Sections 192.379(d) and 192.727(d)(2) now provide for the inactivation of lines by use of a\nmechanical device or fitting installed in the service line or in the meter assembly to prevent the flow of gas. Your\npractice is to valve off the service cook, break the meter inlet connection, and insert a tin shut off seal in order to\nprevent unauthorized use of gas.\nThe use of a shut off seal or disc is a commonly used method to prevent the flow of gas, and the procedure you have\ndescribed is one of the methods we had in mind in adopting this alternative method in the amendment.\nYour interpretation of the regulations, which permits the use of the procedure as described, is correct.\nYour interest in pipeline safety is appreciated.\nSincerely,\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nPiedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.\n4301 Yancey Road\nPost Office Box 1968\nCharlotte, North Carolina 28201\nOctober 25, 1972\nMr. Joseph C. Caldwell\nDirector, Office of Pipeline Safety\nDepartment of Transportation\n400 Sixth Street SW\nWashington, D. C. 20590\nDear Mr. Caldwell:\nWe have a question in regard to Part 192-8 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which is effective\nNovember 3, 1972.\nWe refer to Sections 192.379 \"New Service Lines Not in Use\", Paragraph (b); and 192.727 \"Abandonment or\nInactivation of Facilities\", Paragraph (d) (2), both of which read as follows:\n\"A mechanical device or fitting that will prevent the flow of gas must be installed in the service line or in the\nmeter assembly.\"\nIt has been standard practice, in the case of summer cut offs, or cut offs for non-pay, etc., to valve off the service\ncock, break the meter inlet connection and insert a tin shut off seal in order to prevent unauthorized use of gas.\nOur interpretation of the two sections in question leads us to believe that this would still be an acceptable\nprocedure under the new regulations.\nPlease advise if our interpretation of these sections is incorrect.\nVery truly yours,\nH. F. Cain\nMeasurement Superintendent","truncated":false,"body_characters":2471}