{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-76-076","title":"ASME Gas Piping Standards Committee — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-12-09","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-76-076 response to ASME Gas Piping Standards Committee concerning 192.105.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-076.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-076.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-76-076","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1976/PI76076.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nDec 9 1976\nMr. R. L. Dean\nASME Gas Piping Standards\nCommittee\n345 E. 47th Street\nNew York, New York 10017\nDear Mr. Dean:\nThis acknowledges your letter of November 3, 1976, proposing a rule change to 49 CFR\n192.105(b). We accept your letter as a petition for rulemaking under 49 CFR 102.31 and assign\nit Docket No. Pet. 76-26.\nUpon completion of our review of the petition and other relevant considerations, we will notify\nyou of our decision whether to begin a rulemaking proceeding by issuing a notice in the Federal\nRegister for public comment or to deny the petition.\nSincerely,\nCesar DeLeon\nActing Director\nOffice of Pipeline\nSafety Operations\ndal\\192\\105\\76-12-09\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nNOVEMBER 3, 1976\nMr. Cesar DeLeon\nActing Director\nOffice of Pipeline Safety Operations\nDepartment of Transportation\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nRE: Proposal By ASME Gas Piping Standards Committee to\nAmend § 192.105(b)\nDear Mr. DeLeon:\nAttached is a proposal by ASME to amend §192.105(b) along with a copy of the report\n\"The Effect of Tempering on the Mechanical Properties of Cold-Expanded Line-Pipe Steels\" by\nBattelle Columbus Laboratories, upon which the proposal is based. This proposal had been\nsubmitted to the Office of Pipeline Safety earlier, and is being resubmitted in the interest of\nexpediting its consideration.\nYours very truly,\nR.L. DEAN\ndal\\192\\105\\76-12-09\n2","truncated":false,"body_characters":1371}