{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-75-023","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":"1975-05-29","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-75-023 response to Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company concerning 192.703.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-75-023.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-75-023.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-75-023","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1975/PI75023.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMay 29, 1975\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\nexisting gas pipeline. You ask what criteria should be used in determining whether the pipeline\nshould remain in place or be relocated.\nUnder the circumstances of a pending road construction, the Federal gas pipeline safety standards\nin 49 CFR 192.613 and 192.703(b) require that the pipeline be evaluated for safety and\nappropriate remedial or protective measures taken, if necessary, in accord with those sections. In\ndetermining what measures may be necessary, you should consider the types and magnitudes of all\nanticipated external forces which may be applied to the pipeline during and after the road\nconstruction. Various causes of external forces which you should consider include: unstable\nsoils, floods, traffic, movement by heavy construction or maintenance equipment, and direct\ndamage by construction equipment.\nIf it is decided that a portion of the pipeline should be replaced, relocated or otherwise changed to\nprotect it against likely external forces, that replacement, relocation, or change must comply with\nthe requirements in 49 CFR Part 192 applicable to design, installation, and testing of pipelines.\nWe trust this satisfactorily answers your inquiry.\nSincerely,\nJoseph C. Caldwell\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\ndal\\192\\703\\75-05-29\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nApril 18, 1975\nMr. Joseph C. 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\nand 39% SMYS. This pipeline is within the confines of the state highway right of way. We have\nreceived plans from the State Highway Department indicating they are going to widen and change\nthe location of this road with the result that our pipeline will be under the new roadbed.\nWhat criteria must we use in determining whether the pipeline can remain under the new\nroadbed or it must be relocated?\nSincerely yours,\nEASTERN SHORE NATURAL GAS COMPANY\nHoward E. Boller\nGeneral Superintendent\ndal\\192\\703\\75-05-29\n2","truncated":false,"body_characters":2280}