{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-72-036","title":"Florida Public Service Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1972-08-14","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-72-036 response to Florida Public Service Commission concerning 192.229.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-036.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-036.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-036","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1972/PI72036.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMr. Charles H. Batten\nUtilities Safety Engineer\nFlorida Public Service Commission\n700 South Adams Street\nTallahassee, Florida 32304\nDear Mr. Batten:\nWe are sorry we failed to give further response to your letter of December 8, 1971. We hope that\nthis delay has not inconvenienced your office in any way.\nYour specific questions were:\n2. In applying the definitions of \"main\" and \"service line\"\nas contained in Paragraph 192.3 of Subpart A, would a pipeline running from a main in the street\nonto private property and serving a duplex with individual meters be considered as a main or\nservice line?\nAnswer: services or branch services.\nSuch a line would be considered a service line and is usually referred to as split\n3. How would a company comply with the provisions of Paragraph 192.229(c) when their\nwelders are qualified under Section 3 of API Standards 1104 by passing the multiple qualification\ntest. Would a production weld have to be cut out of a butt weld joint and a branch weld joint or\nwould one or the other suffice?\nAnswer: For welders qualified to make both butt and fillet welds by the multiple\nqualification of API Standards 1104, either type of weld can be destructively tested to comply\nwith Section 192.229(c) since only one weld is required to be tested. However, a butt weld does\nnot have to be destructively tested to comply with Section 192.229(c) if it is nondestructively\ntested and found acceptable under Section 6 of API Standards 1104.\n4. In Subparagraph (1) under the definition of \"transmission line\" as found in Paragraph\n192.3, would the term \"storage facility\" be defined to mean only pipe type and bottle type holders\nor would this include storage in a natural underground cavity a well a low pressure system\nholders.\nAnswer: facility.\"\nDB\nThe term \"storage facility\" in the definition of transmission line\" includes storage in\na natural underground cavity. A low pressure holder would also be considered as a \"storage\nC:\\WP51\\INTERPRT\\192\\3\\72-08-14\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nWe trust that this has answered your specific questions. If we can be of further service, please let\nus know.\nSincerely,\n/signed/\nJoseph C. Caldwell, Director\nDB\nC:\\WP51\\INTERPRT\\192\\3\\72-08-14\n2","truncated":false,"body_characters":2212}