ASME Gas Piping Standards Committee — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

Page 1Dec 9 1976 Mr. R. L. Dean ASME Gas Piping Standards Committee 345 E. 47th Street New York, New York 10017 Dear Mr. Dean: This acknowledges your letter of November 3, 1976, proposing a rule change to 49 CFR 192.105(b). We accept your letter as a petition for rulemaking under 49 CFR 102.31 and assign it Docket No. Pet. 76-26. Upon completion of our review of the petition and other relevant considerations, we will notify you of our decision whether to begin a rulemaking proceeding by issuing a notice in the Federal Register for public comment or to deny the petition. Sincerely, Cesar DeLeon Acting Director Office of Pipeline Safety Operations dal\192\105\76-12-09 1#

Page 2NOVEMBER 3, 1976 Mr. Cesar DeLeon Acting Director Office of Pipeline Safety Operations Department of Transportation Washington, D.C. 20590 RE: Proposal By ASME Gas Piping Standards Committee to Amend § 192.105(b) Dear Mr. DeLeon: Attached is a proposal by ASME to amend §192.105(b) along with a copy of the report "The Effect of Tempering on the Mechanical Properties of Cold-Expanded Line-Pipe Steels" by Battelle Columbus Laboratories, upon which the proposal is based. This proposal had been submitted to the Office of Pipeline Safety earlier, and is being resubmitted in the interest of expediting its consideration. Yours very truly, R.L. DEAN dal\192\105\76-12-09 2#