# State of Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** PI-92-023
- **title:** State of Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control — Pipeline Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1992-06-29
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- **summary:** PI-92-023 response to State of Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control concerning 192.1.
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June 29, 1992
Mr. Philip Sher
Gas Pipeline Safety Unit
State of Connecticut
Department of Public Utility Control
One Central Park Plaza
New Britain, CT 06051
Dear Mr. Sher:
This responds to your letter of March 17, 1992, regarding natural gas vehicles (NGV) and NGV
fueling stations. You asked several questions related to whether NGV fueling stations come
under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (NGPSA) (49 App. U.S.C. 1671 et seq.) and
the safety standards in 49 CFR Part 192.
The NGPSA and Part 192 standards apply to facilities used in a system of pipeline transportation
of gas to consumers. Based on the legislative history, we believe Congress intended the NGPSA
to cover the traditional pipeline transportation of gas to consumers. This transportation involves
the delivery of gas through piping permanently attached to consumer premises.
An NGV fueling station is a non-traditional means of delivering gas to consumers. Delivery is not
done through piping attached to consumer premises. Rather consumers receive gas in their
vehicles at a dispensary akin to a gasoline filling station. We do not consider such non-traditional
means of delivering gas as part of a pipeline transportation system neither to the NGPSA. Thus,
NGV fueling stations are subject neither to the NGPSA nor 49 CFR Part 192. The limit of
jurisdiction of Part 192 over a pipeline supplying an NGV fueling station would be the boundary
of the station or the outlet of any device necessary to control pressure in the pipeline, whichever is
farther downstream.
I apologize for the delay in answering your letter. Please call me if there are any questions.
Sincerely,
Cesar De Leon
Director, Regulatory Programs
Office of Pipeline Safety
92-06-29
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