{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-75-0103","title":"Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1975-04-18","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-75-0103 response to Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company concerning 192.613, 192.703.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-75-0103.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-75-0103.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-75-0103","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1975/g75-04-18_Caldwell_192.613-msfx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-75-0103\nMr. Howard E. Boller\nGeneral Superintendent\nEastern Shore Natural Gas Company\nP.O. Box 615\nDover, Delaware 19901\nDear Mr. Boller:\nThis responds to your letter of April 18, 1975, regarding construction of a public road over an existing gas\npipeline. You ask what criteria should be used in determining whether the pipeline should remain in place or\nbe relocated.\nThe Federal gas pipeline safety standards in 49 CFR Part 192 (copy enclosed) for the design, installation, and\ntesting of pipelines would not apply to the existing pipeline unless it is replace, relocated, or otherwise\nchanged as a result of constructing the road. Standards for operation and maintenance of the pipeline in 49\nCFR 192.613 and 192.703(b) would require, however, that the pipeline be evaluated for safety purposes as a\nresult of the road construction and appropriate remedial action taken, if necessary, in accord with those\nsections.\nThe Federal safety standards would not require that the pipeline be relocated as a result of the road\nconstruction. In determining what other protective measures may be necessary, you should consider the\ntypes and magnitudes of all anticipated road construction. Various causes of external forces which you should\nconsider include: unstable soils, floods, movement by heavy construction or maintenance equipment, and\ndirect damage by construction equipment.\nWe trust this satisfactorily answers your inquiry.\nSincerely,\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nEASTERN SHORE NATURAL GAS COMPANY\nP. O. BOX 615\nDOVER, DELAWARE 19901\nApril 18, 1975\nMr. Joseph Caldwell, Director\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\nDepartment of Transportation\nWashington, D. C. 20590\nDear Mr. Caldwell:\nWe have a section of pipeline which lies in a Class 3 location and operates at between 30 and 39% SMYS. This\npipeline is within the confines of the state highway right of way. We have received plans from the State\nHighway Department indicating they are going to widen and change the location of this road with the result\nthat our pipeline will be under the new roadbed.\nWhat criteria must we use in determining whether the pipeline can remain under the new roadbed or it must\nbe relocated?\nSincerely yours,\nEASTERN SHORE NATURAL GAS COMPANY\nHoward E. Boller\nGeneral Superintendent","truncated":false,"body_characters":2319}