{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-72-059","title":"Zapata Pipeline Technology, Inc. — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1972-08-23","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-72-059 response to Zapata Pipeline Technology, Inc. concerning 192.273.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-059.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-059.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-72-059","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1972/PI72059.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nAugust 23, 1972\nZapata Pipeline Technology, Inc.\nAttention: Mr. T.J. Hayes, Jr.\nP.O. Box 19415\nHouston, Texas 77024\nGentlemen:\nThis is to acknowledge your inquiry of August 8, 1972, requesting our review of the test data,\nand installation history of the ZAP-LOK method of joining pipe and whether it complies with\nSection 192.273 of the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline Safety Standards.\nUse of the ZAP-LOK method is provided for under the requirements listed in Subpart F - Joining\nof Materials Other Than by Welding. Based on the data submitted with your letter of August 8,\nincluding the description by various gas operators of their individual installations the ZAP-LOK\nmethod of joining pipe appears to comply with the provisions of Section 192.273.\nSincerely,\n\\signed\\\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\ndal\\192\\273\\72-08-23\n1","truncated":false,"body_characters":875}