{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-73-005","title":"New Mexico State Corporation Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1973-01-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-73-005 response to New Mexico State Corporation Commission concerning 192.11.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-73-005.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-73-005.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-73-005","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1973/PI73005.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMr. John A. Elliott\nDirector, Pipeline Division\nNew Mexico State Corporation\nCommission\nP. O. Drawer 1269\nSante Fe, New Mexico 87501\nDear Mr. Elliott:\nThis is in reply to your letter of January 3, 1973, in which you ask the following. \"One of our\nL.P. gas operators has one hundred (100) customers. They are served from thirty-eight (38)\nseparate tanks with no more than seven (7) on one tank. Are they required under Section 192.11\nto meet the standards of Part 192?\nThe requirements of section 192.11 are applicable, in pertinent part, to \"a system that serves 10 or\nmore customers.\" With respect to this particular section, the OPS considers a system to consist\nof a separate tank and the facilities serving the customers from that tank. The term \"tank\" also\nincludes a tank group consisting of interconnected tanks. Thus, if a tank serves less than 10\ncustomers, the associated system does not come within the regulation. The fact that an operator\nhas two or more separate tanks serving a total of 10 or more customers does not bring the\ncombined operation within the regulation, but any separate tank and facilities serving 10 or more\ncustomers constitute a system subject to the requirement.\nIf we may assist further in this matter, please call on us.\nSincerely,\n/signed/\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\nDB\nC:\\WP51\\INTERPRT\\192\\11\\73-01-13\n1","truncated":false,"body_characters":1383}