{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-77-0101","title":"Pipeline Safety Interpretation PI-77-0101","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-12-06","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-77-0101 concerning 192.3.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-77-0101.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-77-0101.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-77-0101","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1977/g77-01-17_Cook_192.3_Service%20Line-lmX.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-77-0101\nMr. Latta W. Cook\nPipeline Safety Coordinator\nLP Gas Bureau\nOffice of State Fire Marshal\n1114 E. Kennedy Boulevard\nTampa, Florida 33602\nDear Mr. Cook:\nYour letter of December 6, 1976, suggests that in referencing NFPA standard No. 58 under 49 CFR 192.11, the “current\nissue” be referenced, and that the referenced standard be applied to a petroleum gas system “up to the first stage\nregulator.” You indicate that the suggested changes would give regulatory authorities guidance regarding which\nstandard to apply up to the first stage regulator.\nAmendment 192-22 to 49 CFR part 192, published in the Federal Register on march 31, 1976 (41 FR 13590),\nincorporated by reference the 1972 edition of NFPA standard no. 58 under 49 CFR 192.11 and appendix A to part 192.\nLater editions of the document will be reviews and, if found acceptable, also proposed for incorporation by reference.\nWe cannot, however, adopt you suggestion that the “current issue” be authorized for use since as a matter of law only a\nparticular edition of a referenced standard can qualify as a Federal regulation. We do recognize the problems created\nwhen existing documents incorporated by reference become outdated and, as a consequence, endeavor to keep the\nreferences current.\nIn accordance with the definition of “service line” under 49 CFR 192.3, the Federal safety standa5rds, including those\nunder 192.11 applicable to petroleum gas systems, apply to pipelines up to a customer meter or the connection to a\ncustomer’s piping, whichever is farther downstream. We believe that this jurisdictional limit is sufficient for all systems\nand that it would be confusing to establish a different jurisdictional limit, such as “up to the first stage regulator,” in the\ncase of petroleum gas systems.\nSincerely,\nCesar DeLeon\nActing Director\nOffice of Pipelines\nSafety Operations\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nDecember 6, 1976\nMr. Cesar DeLeon\nActing Director\nOffice of Pipeline Safety Operations Materials\nTransportation Bureau Washington, D.C. 20590\nRe: OPSO Advisory Bulletin No. 76-10 - October 1976 Interpretation of Regulation\n192.11\nDear Mr. DeLeon:\nAs we previously noted in a letter to Webster B. Todd, Jr., the State of Florida Liquefied Petroleum Gas Bureau\nconsiders the petroleum gas tanks connected to distribution systems (10 or more customers) are subject to the\nNational Fire Protection Association Pamphlet 58 standards referenced in 192.11. Since this reference standard is in\n192.11 then this becomes the standard applicable to the installation of the tanks and appurtenances.\nThis Standard is revised periodically and the referenced issue is 1969. Since the revisions are generally more\nstringent and afford more protection for the public, we suggest the referenced standard National Fire Protection\nAssociation Pamphlet 58 be the current issue of that standard.\nWe suggest to you a clarification to your interpretation would be: that portion of a petroleum gas distribution\nsystem up to the first stage regulator is subject to standards set forth in National Fire Protection Association\nPamphlet 58 current issue.\nThis would then give regulatory authorities guidance of which standard to apply to that portion of the system up\nto the first stage regulator.\nSincerely yours,\nLatta W. Cook\nPipeline Safety Coordinator","truncated":false,"body_characters":3313}