{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-80-004","title":"West Texas Gulf Pipeline Company — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-01-31","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-80-004 response to West Texas Gulf Pipeline Company concerning 195.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-80-004.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-80-004.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-80-004","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1980/PI80004.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nJanuary 31, 1980\nMr. O. Gordon Oldham\nSecretary and Attorney for\nWest Texas Gulf Pipeline Company\nP.O. Box 3725\nHouston, Texas 77001\nDear Mr. Oldham:\nIn further response to your letter of December 5, 1979, we are\nenclosing the interpretation of section 195.10.\nI trust that this will clarify this regulation and adequately\nrespond to your inquiry.\nSincerely,\nCesar DeLeon\nAssociate Director for\nPipeline Safety Regulation\nMaterials Transportation Bureau\nEnclosure\ndal\\195\\10\\80-01-31\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nNo. 80-3\nDate: January 31\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nRESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION\nMATERIALS TRANSPORTATION BUREAU\nPIPELINE SAFETY REGULATORY INTERPRETATION\nNote: A pipeline safety regulatory\ninterpretation applies a particular rule\nto a particular set of facts and\ncircumstances, and, as such, may be\nrelied upon only by those persons to\nwhom the interpretation is specifically\naddressed.\nSECTION: 49 CFR 195.10\nSUBJECT: Responsibility of Carrier for Compliance with this\nPart.\nFACTS: --\nQUESTION: Does the language of this section or any other section\nor policy of the Department have the effect of holding\na carrier liable to private citizens for injuries\narising from operation of the carrier's pipeline,\nregardless of the fact that the carrier has contracted\nwith another entity which operates the carrier's system\nwith the operator's own employees?\nINTERPR: Neither this section nor any other section or policy of\nthe Department holds the carrier liable to private\ncitizens in the situation you have described.\nREFERNCE: Letter from O. Gordon Oldham, West Texas Gulf Pipeline\nCompany, dated December 5, 1979.\nCesar DeLeon\nAssociate Director for\nPipeline Safety Regulation\nMaterials Transportation Bureau\ndal\\195\\10\\80-01-31\n2\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\n₫a1 \\ 195110180-01-31","truncated":false,"body_characters":1800}