{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-74-0132","title":"Williams Brothers Engineering Company — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-08-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-74-0132 response to Williams Brothers Engineering Company concerning 192.105.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0132.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0132.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0132","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1974/g74-08-13_MCCLURE_192.105-nlmx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-74-0132\nAugust 13, 1974\nMr. Clint McClure\nWilliams Brothers Engineering Company\nResource Sciences Center\nTulsa, OK 64103\nDear Mr. McClure:\nThis responds to your letter of June 25, 1974, requesting an interpretation of the term \"right-of-\nway\" as it relates to the term \"railroad\" under §192.111(b)(2).\nIn this section:\n\"(b) A design factor of 0.60 or less must be used in the design formula in §192.105 for\nsteel pipe in Class 1 locations that :\n* * *\n\"(2) Crosses without a casing, or makes a parallel encroachment on, the right-of-way\nof either a hard surfaced road, a highway, a public street, or a railroad.\n* * *\nThe term \"right-of-way\" is not defined in 49 CFR Part 192. Terms which are not defined are\nintended to have the ordinary dictionary meaning. The Random House College Dictionary\ndefines \"right-of-way\" in relation to a railroad as \"the strip of land acquired for use by a railroad\nfor tracks. \" We believe this definition is adequate for understanding §192.111(b)(2).\nWe trust our reply is helpful to you.\nSincerely,\n/signed/ Edward F. Cygan\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nJune 25, 1974\nU. S. Department of Transportation\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\nWashington, D. C. 20590\nAttention: Mr. Cesar DeLeon\nSubject: Interpretation Sub-Section 192.111 CFR\nGentlemen:\nAttached are two (2) copies each of our Sketches SK-1 and SK-2.\nSub-section 192.111(b)(2) deals with design factor when a pipeline crosses or makes a parallel\nencroachment on the right-of-way of either a hard-surfaced road, a highway, a public street, or a\nrailroad.\nIn our particular case, the railroad company owns various parcels of land traversed by the railway\nwithout definition of the right-of-way within those parcels.\nWe are unable to find a definition of right-of-way in the regulations. We would like to have your\ninterpretation of distance \"X\" in each sketch. As you know, many of these parcels amount to\nmultiple standard sections of land and would create a hardship on the pipeline operators should a\npipeline have to be designed with a .60 factor when it crossed railroad property that may or may\nnot be related to a railroad.\nYour prompt consideration of this matter is appreciated.\nVery truly yours,\nWILLIAMS BROTHERS ENGINEERING COMPANY\nClint McClure\nSenior Engineer\nNOTE: ATTACHMENTS","truncated":false,"body_characters":2332}