# International Diversified Service Co. — Pipeline Safety Interpretation - **operation:** document - **citation:** PI-72-019 - **title:** International Diversified Service Co. — Pipeline Safety Interpretation - **source type:** guidance - **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - **status:** guidance - **official:** true - **published on:** 1972-05-16 - **effective on:** Not available - **summary:** PI-72-019 response to International Diversified Service Co. concerning 192.453. - **machine formats:** - **json:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-019.json - **markdown:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-019.md - **app url:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-019 - **source url:** https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1972/PI72019.pdf **body:** <<>> Mr. Vincent Goddard Management & Market Research Div. International Diversified Service Co. 321 East Second Street Los Angeles, California 90012 Dear Mr. Goddard: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter dated April 26, 1972, regarding pipeline coating. Your specific questions are: Question #1: Do you have any enforcement provisions of guidelines that would give more explicit standards?... (on) paragraphs 195.236, 195,238, and the section following 192.451. Answer: No, we do not have more explicit standards. Question #2: Are there any specific licenses or test that a foreign company must pass before they can sell their pipeline coating products in the United States? Answer: No, the gas pipeline safety regulations do not specify licenses or tests that a foreign company must pass before they can sell their pipeline coating products in the United States. Question #3: Do you have any product specification studies that might be of assistance in determining the salability of a coating product? Answer: No, we do not have any specification studies. We are enclosing a copy of the regulations as you requested. If we can be of further assistance, please let us know. Sincerely, /signed/ Joseph C. Caldwell Director Office of Pipeline Safety Enclosure DB C:\WP51\INTERPRT\192\451\72-05-16 1 - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 1314