{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-76-0114","title":"Pipeline Safety Interpretation PI-76-0114","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-09-16","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-76-0114 concerning 192.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-0114.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-0114.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-0114","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1976/g76-09-16_Jurney_192.1-nlmx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-76-0114\nSep 16 1976\nMs. Joyce Ann Jurney\nProperty Manager\nHousing Services, Inc.\nLandover Mall West, Suite 202\nLandover, Maryland 20785\nDear Ms. Jurney:\nThis responds to your letter of August 2, 1976, asking whether the piping downstream from a\nmaster meter constitutes a gas distribution system subject to 49 CFR Part 192 if none of the\npiping is exposed or underground.\nA system which involves interior piping only (i.e., underground or exterior pipelines are not used\nto distribute gas) is not a master meter system subject to 49 CFR Part 192. The legislative\nhistory of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, under which 49 CFR Part 192 is issued,\nindicates that in authorizing the safety regulation of the distribution of gas by pipelines, Congress\nhad in mind those distribution systems which are primarily located outside. Thus, interior piping\nis only subject to regulation when it is included in an operator's system which is otherwise\nlocated outside.\nWe trust this response is helpful to you.\nSincerely,\nCesar DeLeon\nActing Director\nOffice of Pipeline\nSafety Operations\n192.3 SERVICLI 1\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nHOUSING SERVICES, INC.\nAugust 02, 1976\nOffice of Pipeline Safety Operations\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nGentlemen:\nPursuant to correspondence received regarding the \"Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of\n1968\", there are many regulations governing operators and/or distributors of gas pipeline\nsystems.\nThis office received a bulletin from the Department of Housing and Urban Development\nin July of 1976 requesting that all owners and management agents of HUD insured housing\nprojects are not in violation of the Act.\nBased on this HUD Information Bulletin (page No.1, Item No. 2), I do not consider us as\nan operator as none of our pipes are exposed or go under ground again after reaching the master\nmeter.\nAfter numerous telephone calls I was advised by the Federal Housing Administration to\ncontact your office for the forms for certification for each of our properties, which are all\napartment complexes.\nPlease advise if my conclusion is in any way incorrect. Your response will be\nappreciated.\nRespectfully,\nJoyce Ann Jurney\nProperty Manager\n192.3 SERVICLI 2","truncated":false,"body_characters":2227}