{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-78-030","title":"Illinois Commerce Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-12-07","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-78-030 response to Illinois Commerce Commission concerning 192.13.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-78-030.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-78-030.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-78-030","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1978/PI78030.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nDecember 7, 1978\nMr. Harold E. Shutt\nChief Engineer - Gas & Electric\nState of Illinois\nIllinois Commerce Commission\n527 East Capitol Avenue\nSpringfield, Illinois 62703\nDear Mr. Shutt:\nthis refers to your letter of November 26, 1978, to Mr. Lucian M. Furrow, asking whether 49\nCFR Part 192 would apply to gas pipelines in Lake Michigan.\nThe applicability of Part 192 is stated in Section 192.1. Because of the broad coverage provided\nby paragraph (a) of that Section, gas pipelines in Lake Michigan would be subject to Part 192\nunless they fall under one of the exceptions se forth in paragraph (b). The first exception\n(subparagraph (b)(1)) would not be applicable to pipelines in Lake Michigan since Lake Michigan\nis not an 'offshore\" area, as that term is defined in Section 192.3. The second exception,\n(subparagraph (b)(2)), which concerns onshore gathering lines, would apply only to the extent the\npipelines involved are gathering lines located outside the areas listed. (The term \"onshore\" in Part\n192 describes pipelines that are not located \"offshore\", and thus, would properly refer to any\ngathering lines in Lake Michigan.)\nThus, with regard to your specific inquiry about Sections 192.13 and 192.619, these provisions\nwould apply to gas pipelines in Lake Michigan except for gas gathering lines located outside the\nareas listed in Section 192.1(b)(2). The term \"inland navigable waters\" in Section 192.619 refers\nto navigable waters that are not located \"offshore\", which includes the waters of Lake Michigan.\nSincerely,\nCesar DeLeon\nAssociate Director for\nMaterials Transportation Bureau\ndal\\192.1-a\\13\\78-12-07","truncated":false,"body_characters":1638}