{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-79-037","title":"State Corporation Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1979-10-24","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-79-037 response to State Corporation Commission concerning 192.13.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-79-037.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-79-037.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-79-037","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1979/PI79037.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMr. Eddie Abeyta\nDirector, Pipeline Division\nState Corporation Commission\nP. O. Drawer 1269\nSanta Fe, New Mexico 87501\nDear Mr. Abeyta:\nThis refers to your telephone inquiry of August 30, 1979, and follow-up letter of September 4,\n1979, concerning a leak underneath a building located over a service line which was installed in\n1955. You have asked whether under section 192.13(b), replacement on August 22, 1878, of a\nportion of the service line between the main and customer property line makes the entire service\nline subject to the design and construction requirements of 49 CFR Part 192.\nTo confirm our earlier answer, the purpose of section 192.13(b) is to make the design and\nconstruction requirements of Part 192 apply to segments of existing pipelines (existing as of\nNovember 12, 1970, in the case of a service line) that are subsequently replaced, relocated, or\notherwise changed. Accordingly, any segment of an existing pipeline that is not so changed need\nnot meet the design and construction requirements.\nThe portion of the service line that was replaced constitutes a \"segment of pipeline\" within the\nmeaning of section 192.13(b) and the definition of \"pipeline\" under section 192.3 Thus, the\nremaining segment of the service line between the property line and gas meters need not meet the\ndesign and construction requirements of Part 192 because it was installed prior to November 12,\n1970, and has not since been replaced, relocated, or otherwise changed.\nSincerely,\n/signed/\nCesar DeLeon\nAssociate Director for\nPipeline Safety Regulation\nMaterials Transportation Bureau\nDB\nC:\\WP51\\INTERPRT\\192\\13\\79-10-24\n1","truncated":false,"body_characters":1640}