{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-92-026","title":"Texaco Trading and Transportation, Inc. — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1992-07-09","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-92-026 response to Texaco Trading and Transportation, Inc. concerning 195.1, 195.2.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-92-026.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-92-026.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-92-026","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1992/PI92026.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nJuly 9, 1992\nMr. G. G. Hohnstein\nCentral District Manager\nTexaco Trading and Transportation, Inc.\n5005 Business Park North Suite 200\nBakersfield, CA 93309\nDear Mr. Hohnstein:\nThis responds to your letter of June 17, 1992, asking whether the\nfollowing pipeline facilities are subject to the safety standards\nin 49 CFR Part 195:\n(1) An 8-inch steel petroleum pipeline, identified as 8M-\n68, that runs between the Fellows Pump Station and the\nOlig Pump Station, passing through Derby Acres, a\nresidential community of 336 people.\n(2) The Fellows Pump Station.\nBased on Drawing No. 303-R-234 and your description of 8M-68, we\nhave concluded that 8M-68 is a gathering line as defined in\n?195.2. It is 8 inches in nominal diameter and transports\npetroleum collected from various production facilities.\nPart 195 applies to pipeline facilities used in the\ntransportation of petroleum. However, because of the exception\nin ?195.1(b)(4), Part 195 has only limited application to\ngathering lines. It applies only to (1) gathering lines or\nportions of gathering lines located outside rural areas, as\ndefined in ?195.2; and (2) any part of a gathering line or\nassociated pipeline facility located in a rural area that is\nnecessary for a non-rural gathering line or portion of gathering\nline to comply with Part 195. With regard to 8M-68, Part 195\napplies to the segment inside Derby Acres and to any facility\noutside Derby Acres that is necessary for the Derby Acres segment\nto meet Part 195 (e.g., pressure control devices at commodity\nreceiving points).\nAs for the Fellows Station, its pipeline facilities are used in\nthe gathering of petroleum. As such, the facilities are subject\nto the same jurisdictional limits as 8M-68. Since the station is\nin rural areas, Part 195 does not apply to any of its facilities\nexcept those that may be necessary for a nonrural gathering line\nor portion of gathering line to comply with Part 195. For\ndal\\195\\1\\92-07-09\n1\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nexample, if the Fellows pumps were positioned to feed 8M-68, the\nassociated pressure relief devices at Fellows would be subject to\n2\nPart 195 if they are necessary to control pressure in the Derby\nAcres segment.\nI hope you find this information useful. Should you need further\nclarification, please call me at (202) 366-1640.\nSincerely,\nCesar De Leon\nDirector, Regulatory Programs\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\ndal\\195\\1\\92-07-09\n2","truncated":false,"body_characters":2401}