{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-79-004","title":"House of Representatives — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1979-03-06","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-79-004 response to House of Representatives concerning 195.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-79-004.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-79-004.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-79-004","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1979/PI79004.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMarch 6, 1979\nHonorable Trent Lott\nHouse of Representative\nWashington, D.C. 20515\nDear Trent:\nYour letter dated February 7, 1979, requests my assistance in rerouting a 6-inch Liquefied\nPetroleum Gas (LPG) pipeline which is to begin in Alabama and end at Patal, Mississippi.\nOur safety regulations governing LPG pipelines (49 CFR Part 195) are designed to assure\npublic safety, but they do not provide for pipeline routing. DOT does not have statutory\nauthority to prescribe LPG pipeline routes nor does any other Federal agency have such\nauthority under current law.\nAlthough we cannot prescribe the route, the Materials Transportation Bureau, which\ncarries out the pipeline safety functions in DOT, will assure that the proposed pipeline is\nconstructed and operated in compliance with the safety regulations,\nSincerely,\nBrock Adams\ndal\\195.0\\LPG\\79-03-06","truncated":false,"body_characters":869}