{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-80-0102","title":"Pipeline Safety Interpretation PI-80-0102","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-06-16","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-80-0102 concerning 192.325.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-80-0102.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-80-0102.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-80-0102","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1980/g80-06-16_Hammons_192.325-wsx.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nPI-80-0102\nDepartment of Transportation\nResearch and Special Programs Administration\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nJune 16, 1980\nMr. Gary L. Hammons\n556 Main Avenue\nDurango, Colorado 81301\nDear Mr. Hammons:\nThank you for your letter of April 10, 1980, in which you requested answers to two questions regarding rights-of-way for\npipelines.\nIn answer to your first question regarding any laws or regulations that specify minimum distances between pipelines, 49\nCFR 192.325 and 195.250 contain the Department of Transportation's requirements for clearance of underground gas\nand liquid pipelines, respectively. Copies of sections 192.325 and 195.250 are enclosed for your information. These\nclearance requirements would not, under most conceivable circumstances, restrict the use of a single right-of-way for\nmultiple pipelines.\nTo answer your second question, the Department's regulations do not prevent pipeline operators from using multiple\nparallel rights-of-way. The selection of a pipeline's right-of-way is made by the owner of the pipeline, subject to any\nState or local controls or approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the case of an interstate gas\ntransmission pipeline. It would appear that a definitive answer to your second question would involve legal counseling\nregarding individual rights of condemnation under State law. An attorney versed in these matters could best answer\nyour question.\nI hope this information is a benefit to you. If I can be of further assistance, please let me know.\nSincerely,\nSIGNED\nMelvin A. Judah\nActing Associate Director\nfor Pipeline Safety Regulation\nMaterials Transportation Bureau\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nSouthwest Exchange, Inc.\nReal Estate Business Opportunities\n556 Main Ave.\nDurango, Colorado 81301\nApril 10, 1980\nMr. Ceasar DeLeon, Associate Director\nPipeline Safety Regulations\nM.T.B.\nDepartment of Transportation\n400 7th St. S. W.\nWashington, D. C. 20590\nDear Mr. DeLeon:\nAfter having been referred to several offices, I have been given your name as the person who can answer my questions.\nI live on 36.5 acres seven miles west of Durango, Colorado. There is a 75 foot Northwest Pipeline right-of-way across my\nproperty that contains a 26 inch, high pressure natural gas line.\nI am now being approached by agents of Mapco who wish to purchase an additional 50 foot right-of-way paralleling the\nNorthwest right-of-way. There is also probably going to be a carbon dioxide pipe line in the near future following this\nsame general route. Obviously, if pipeline companies are allowed to take 50 - 75 foot parallel easements it could cause\nsevere hardship and loss of real estate value to me and all of the other private landowners along the way. These lines\nwill also be traversing the Ute Indian Reservation and the San Juan National Forest.\nWith this background, I would appreciate the answers to the following questions:\n1. Are there any laws or regulations specifying minimum distances between the actual pipelines that could\nmake it impossible for all of these pipelines to be constructed within the 75 foot Northwest Pipeline\nright-of-way?\n2. Under these circumstances, could Mapco and then future contractors be permitted to condemn\nadditional parallel right-of-ways ad infinitum?\nMy neighbors and I have no desire to obstruct any pipeline, particularly now with our current energy situation. However,\nwe would hope that they could all be constructed within the existing right-of-way in order to limit financial losses to the\nlandowners involved and to limit environmental damage to this beautiful mountain and forest country in southwest\nColorado.\nYours truly,\nGary L. Hammons","truncated":false,"body_characters":3649}