{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-74-0143","title":"Heath Consultants Incorporated — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-10-22","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-74-0143 response to Heath Consultants Incorporated concerning 192.13.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0143.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0143.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0143","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1974/g74-10-22_Wiggs_192.13%20-%20lmxs.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-74-0143\nOctober 22, 1974\nMr. John W. Wiggs\nMarketing Manager\nHeath Consultants Incorporated\n100 Tosca Drive\nStoughton, MA 02072\nDear Mr. Wiggs:\nThank you for your letter of October 3, 1974, asking whether public housing authorities are required to\nperform gas leakage surveys and, if so, how often.\nWhere a public housing authority purchases gas from a public utility, and then sells and distributes the gas\nthrough its own mains and service lines to customers who may or may not be metered, the housing authority\nis the operator of a gas distribution system and is subject to the requirements of 49 CFR Part 192 (copy\nenclosed).\nSection 192.723, in conjunction with sections 192.603(b) and 192.13(c), requires an operator of a distribution\nsystem to periodically conduct leakage surveys. In business areas, a survey must be conducted at intervals of\n1 year or less. Elsewhere, surveys must be conducted as often as necessary but not less frequently than at 5-\nyear interval;\nWe trust this satisfactorily responds to your inquiry.\nSincerely,\nSIGNED\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nHeath Consultants Incorporated\n100 Tosca Drive\nStoughton, Massachusetts 02072\nOctober 3, 1974\nOffice of Pipe Line Safety\nDepartment of Transportation\nOffice of the Secretary\nWashington, D. C. 20590\nGentlemen:\nWould you please define for us the responsibilities of Public Housing Authorities in performing gas leakage\nsurveys in and around their properties? We are particularly interested in knowing if there is a regulation\nrequiring these housing authorities to perform such inspections on a periodic basis, and if so, how often\nthese inspections must be performed.\nThank you for your help with this matter. We look forward to your response.\nSincerely,\nJohn W. Wiggs\nMarketing Manager","truncated":false,"body_characters":1820}