{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-73-0111","title":"Arizona Corporation Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1973-06-18","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-73-0111 response to Arizona Corporation Commission concerning 192.3.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-73-0111.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-73-0111.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-73-0111","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1973/g73-06-18_Bartol_192%203_Service%20Line-nlmx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-73-0111\n06-18-73\nMr. R. J. Bartol, Utilities Engineer\nUtilities Division\nArizona Corporation Commission\n1688 West Adams\nPhoenix, Arizona 85007\nDear Mr. Bartol:\nYour letter of May 3, 1973, requests clarification as to responsibility for safety of a gas system\ndownstream of a master meter. Specially you ask if inspection and reporting of master meter\nsystems for compliance become reporting of master meter systems for compliance become the\nresponsibility of the State office as a result of the recently amended definition of \"service line.\"\nAmendment 192-13 (38 F.R. 9083) redefined \"service line\" so that the term now includes\noperator-owned piping downstream of the customer meter. The preamble to Amendment 192-13\nexplained that service lines exist within a master meter system and, as newly defined, are subject\nto the regulations. That amendment, however, did not have the effect of bringing any master\nmeter system within the regulations that was not previously subject to the regulations nor did it\ngrant jurisdiction over master meter systems to any State agency that did not already have that\njurisdiction under State law.\nThe information submitted along with you Commission's 1863 certification under section 5(a) of\nthe Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act indicates that intrastate master meter systems do not come\nwithin the safety regulatory jurisdiction of your commission under State law. Responsibility for\nsuch systems, therefore, remains with the office of Pipeline Safety. Any chance to bring these\nsystems under the Commission's safety jurisdiction can be effected only in accordance with State\nlaw and not as a result of regulations issued by this office.\nI hope this letter clarifies the matter for you, and I urge your Commission to seek appropriate\nState legislation to have the master meter systems brought under its safety regulatory jurisdiction.\nPlease call on us if we may be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\n/signed/\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\n192.3 SERVICLI 1","truncated":false,"body_characters":2032}