{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-74-0124","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":"1974-07-08","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-74-0124 response to New Mexico State Corporation Commission concerning 192.3.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0124.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0124.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0124","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1974/g74-07-08_Elliott_192.3_Operator-nlmx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-74-0124\n07-08-74\nMr. John A. Elliott, Director\nPipeline Division\nNew Mexico State Corporation Commission\nPost Office Drawer 1269\nSanta Fe, FM 87501\nDear Mr. Elliott:\nThis responds to your letter of June 3, 1974, requesting a definition of the term \"physical control\"\nas it is used in an interpretation of the term \"operator\" which you received by letter dated May 31,\n1974.\nThe May 31, 1974, interpretation states that the term \"operator: includes\" only those persons who\nhave physical control over the use of pipeline facilities utilized to gather, transmit, distribute, or\nstore gas in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce.: For the purpose of this interpretation, a\nperson has physical control over the use of pipeline facilities to transport gas if that person is\nindependently conducting the movement or storage of gas in the facilities. For example, in the\ncase of a service line owned by a homeowner, the gas distribution company normally controls the\npressure at which has moves in the line and thereby physically controls the use of the line to\ntransport gas. By virtue of this control, the distribution company is an \"operator\" of the service\nline.\nSincerely,\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\n192.3 OPERATOR 1\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nMr. Joseph Caldwell, Director\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\nOffice of the Secretary of Transportation\nDear Mr. Caldwell:\nPlease define \"physical control\" in the third paragraph of your letter of May 31, 1974,\nconcerning the defining of the term \"operator.\"\nSincerely,\nJohn A. Elliott, Director\nPipeline Division\n192.3 OPERATOR 2","truncated":false,"body_characters":1604}