{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-79-044","title":"Virginia Corporation Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1979-12-14","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-79-044 response to Virginia Corporation Commission concerning 192.727.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-79-044.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-79-044.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-79-044","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1979/PI79044.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMr. Ben J. Fink\nVirginia Corporation Commission\nBox 1197\nRichmond, Virginia 23209\nDear Mr. Fink:\nThis is in reply to your letter of September 24, 1979, in which you ask if the use of a wire seal on\na closed service line valve constitutes a \"locking device or other means designed to prevent the\noperating of the valve by persons other than those authorized by the operator,\" as envisioned by\nSection 192.727, Abandonment or inactivation of facilities, paragraph(d)(1), and if it does not,\nwhat does?\nA wire seal or any other type of locking device that can be removed or made ineffective by using\nordinary household tools such as a screwdriver or pliers would not prevent the opening of such a\nservice line valve by persons other than those authorized by the operator. Therefore, a wire seal\nwould not meet the requirements of Section 192.727(d)(1).\nThere are available several types of patented devices that would meet the requirement of Section\n192.727(d)(1) that can be used with various designs of service line valves. These devices require\na special tool or key to release the valves. The tool or key would be available only to the operator\nor those authorized by the operator for use in operating the valve.\nWe trust that this satisfactorily answers your inquiry.\nSincerely,\nCesar DeLeon\nAssociate Director for\nPipeline Safety Regulation\nMaterials Transportation Bureau\nDB\nC:\\WP51\\INTERPRT\\192\\727\\79-12-14\n1","truncated":false,"body_characters":1428}