{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-76-023","title":"House of Representatives — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-05-14","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-76-023 response to House of Representatives concerning 192.625.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-023.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-023.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-023","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1976/PI76023.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMay 14, 1976\nMr. Stan Mahon\nStaff Assistant\nOffice of Honorable Richard Nolan\nHouse of Representatives\nWashington, D.C. 20515\nDear Mr. Mahon:\nThis responds to your letter dated April 5, 1976, to Mr. Don Ruby of the Office of Congressional\nRelations, requesting the Department's views on Mrs. Fred Junker's inquiry about a service charge\nmade for maintaining an odorizer installed as required by Section 192.625 of Title 49 of the Code\nof Federal Regulations.\nSection 192.625 requires that gas transported in a pipeline used to distribute gas to a customer\nmust be odorized so that a person with a normal sense of smell can detect the gas before an\nexplosive concentration is reached. Each operator of a distribution line is legally responsible for\ncompliance with this odorization requirement.\nWe have discussed the service charge issue with the Minnesota State Fire Marshal's office which\nis certified under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 to enforce the Federal safety\nregulations against intrastate gas facilities in Minnesota. The Fire Marshal's office said that many\ncustomers are receiving gas from an interstate transmission line that is not required to carry\nodorized gas. As a condition of the agreement to obtain the gas service, the customers have\nagreed to pay the cost of the required odorization. Since the operator is responsible for\nodorization, and maintenance and service of the odorizer is a matter for a trained technician, the\noperator has elected to do this work with its personnel.\nThe Department has no authority over the charge which an operator bills its customers to meet\nthe cost of complying with the Federal safety regulations. We suggest that you contact the\ndal\\192\\625\\76-05-14\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nMinnesota Public Service Commission as to the reasonableness of the charges involved.\nWe are enclosing one copy of Part 192, including recent amendments.\nThank you for your interest in pipeline safety.\nSincerely,\nJames T. Curtis, Jr.\nEnclosure\ndal\\192\\625\\76-05-14\n2","truncated":false,"body_characters":2020}