{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-92-030","title":"E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1992-07-14","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-92-030 response to E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company concerning 192.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-92-030.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-92-030.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-92-030","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1992/PI92030.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nJuly 14, 1992\nMr. Raymond M. Ripple\nE.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company\nWilmington, DE 19898\nDear Mr. Ripple:\nBy letter of September 8, 1980, this agency transmitted Interpretation 80-12, concerning\napplication of the safety standards in 49 CFR Part 192 to a proposed hydrogen pipeline between\nDu Pont plants in Beaumont and Sabine, Texas (correspondence enclosed). The interpretation\nstated that the Part 192 standards would not apply to the proposed pipeline because it would be\nowned by the gas consumer.\nWe now find that interpretation too narrow. Both Part 192 and the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety\nAct of 1968 (NGPSA) (49 App. U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), the enabling legislation for Part 192, are\nbroad in scope. The NGPSA authorizes the safety regulation of pipeline facilities used in the\ntransportation of gas by pipeline in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, except for certain\nrural gathering. Part 192 parallels that jurisdiction, covering consumer-owned gas pipelines other\nthan lines located downstream from a service line. From our review of the facts presented in your\nletter of August 11, 1980, the proposed pipeline does not lie downstream from a service line.\nTherefore, the proposed pipeline would be subject to the Part 192 safety standards, and we must\nrescind Interpretation 80-12.\nWe hope this change in position is not a great inconvenience. But, we are endeavoring to\nmaintain a consistent approach to application of the Part 192 standards.\nSincerely,\nCesar De Leon\nDirector, Regulatory Programs\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\n92-07-14","truncated":false,"body_characters":1571}