{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-76-011","title":"Virginia State Corporation Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-03-03","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-76-011 response to Virginia State Corporation Commission concerning 192.465.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-011.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-011.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-011","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1976/PI76011.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMarch 3, 1976\nMr. John M. Baumgardner\nEngineer\nVirginia State Corporation Commission\nDivision of Public Utilities\nBox 1197\nRichmond, VA 23209\nDear Mr. Baumgardner:\nIn your February 2, 1976, letter to the Office of Pipeline Safety Operations you ask: \"Would\n192.465 requiring tests on separately protected service lines once every 10 years include meter\nrisers where metal is the gas carrier when used with a plastic service line?\"\nIf the gas is carried in metal piping that extends below the ground surface, Subpart I -\nRequirements for Corrosion Control must be complied with. This would require operators of\nsuch piping to monitor these short sections as required in 192.465(a).\nThank you for your interest in pipeline safety.\nSincerely,\nCesar DeLeon\nActing Director\nOffice of Pipeline\nSafety Operations\nDB/dal/192.465\n76-03-03\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA\nFebruary 2, 1976\nMr. Cesar DeLeon\nActing Director\nOffice of Pipeline Safety Operations\nDepartment of Transportation\nMaterials Trans. Bureau\n400 7th Street, S. W.\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. DeLeon:\nWould 192.465 requiring tests on separately protected service lines once every 10 years include\nmeter risers where metal is the gas carrier when used with a plastic service line? Some operators\ncontend that the riser is considered a fitting, and this requirement would not apply.\nBy the definition of \"pipeline\" I felt that a meter riser would have to be tested once every 10\nyears, and discussed this with Frank Fulton. However, I would like this interpretation in writing.\nYours truly,\nJohn M. Baumgardner\nEngineer\nDB/dal/192.465\n76-03-03\n2","truncated":false,"body_characters":1625}