{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-74-0150","title":"Florida Department of Natural Resources — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-12-09","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-74-0150 response to Florida Department of Natural Resources concerning 195.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0150.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0150.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-74-0150","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1974/g74-12-09_Hendry_195.1-wmX.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-74-0150\nDecember 9, 1974\nMr. C. W. Hendry, Jr.\nChief and Oil and Gas Administration\nFlorida Department of Natural Resources\nBureau of Geology\n903 West Tennessee Street\nTallahassee, FL 32304\nDear Mr. Hendry:\nThank you for your letter of October 29, 1974, requesting an\nopportunity to discuss with us the establishment by your agency of\nenvironmentally protective regulations for intrastate petroleum\npipelines. You also question whether we have jurisdiction over\nintrastate petroleum pipelines, and, if so, the extent of that\njurisdiction.\nThe Office of Pipeline Safety administers liquid pipeline safety\nregulations (49 CFR Part 195) under the authority of Title 18 United\nStates Code, Sections 831-835. This authority applies to all\ncommon, contract, and private pipeline carriers engaged in interstate\nor foreign commerce who transport petroleum, petroleum products, or\nother hazardous liquids. The regulations apply to all pipelines\noperated by such carriers regardless of whether a particular pipeline\nin interstate or intrastate. Moreover, the interstate nature of a\nshipment will qualify an otherwise intrastate carrier as an interstate\ncarrier for purposes of the regulations.\nExcept to the extent our regulations are designed to prevent discharges\nfrom pipelines, they are not for environmentally protective purposes.\nThus, any subjects you might choose to regulate would most likely not\nbe covered by Part 195. As long as any requirements you may develop\nwould not unduly burden interstate commerce, conflict with Federal\nlaws and regulations, or be preempted by Federal environmental or other\nstatutes, we see no problem with them.\nNote: There is no second page, therefore, no signature block.\ndal\\195\\1\\74-12-09","truncated":false,"body_characters":1739}