{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-78-0100","title":"Pipeline Safety Interpretation PI-78-0100","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-03-03","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-78-0100 concerning 195.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-78-0100.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-78-0100.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-78-0100","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1978/g78-03-03_Ruble_195.1-wmx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-78-0100\nMarch 3, 1978\nEarl H. Ruble, P.E.\nEarl Ruble and Associates, Inc.\n217 Lake Avenue S.\nDuluth, Minnesota 55802\nDear Mr. Ruble:\nThis is in further response to your letter of January 25 to Mr. Marshall Taylor, Chief, Central Region, Office of Pipeline\nSafety Operations.\nFrom information acquired from your secretary by phone, it appears that your line is an interstate pipeline and subject\nto the hazardous liquid pipeline safety regulations administered by this office.\nA copy of these regulations, 49 CFR Part 195, is enclosed for your use in this matter.\nSincerely,\nCesar DeLeon\nActing Director\nOffice of Pipeline\nSafety Operations\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nFebruary 3, 1978\nMr. Earl Ruble\nEarl Ruble and Associated, Inc.\n217 Lake Avenue S.\nDuluth, Minnesota 55802\nDear Mr. Ruble:\nYour letter of January 25, 1978 requesting information pertaining to our requirements for the safety of pipelines\ncarrying methyl alcohol or methanol has been sent to our Washington, D.C. office for their reply.\nSincerely,\nMarshall W. Taylor, II\nChief, Central Region\nOffice of Pipeline Safety Operations\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nEarl Ruble and Associated, Inc.\n217 Lake Avenue S.\nDuluth, Minnesota 55802\nJanuary 25, 1978\nMr. Marshall W. Taylor\nCentral Regional Office of Pipeline Safety\nRoom 1802\n911 Walnut Street\nKansas City, Missouri 64106\nDear Mr. Taylor:\nCharles Hawkins of the Environmental Management Center has suggested we write to you for information concerning\nan energy project we are developing.\nWe have arranged for a potential of three billion tons of North Dakota lignite coal to be processed in North Dakota for\nthe production of Methyl Fuel (methyl alcohol or methanol).\nThis liquid fuel, which burns more cleanly than natural gas, and can substitute for coal, oil or gas, would be transported\nby pipeline to the Duluth-Superior port area, with a branch line to Minneapolis for use by Northern States Power\nCompany.\nPlease furnish us an outline of your requirements for the safety of the pipeline we have described above.\nVery truly yours,\nEARL RUBLE AND ASSOCIATES, INC.\nEarl H. Ruble, P. E.","truncated":false,"body_characters":2096}