{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-93-050","title":"Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1993-08-17","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-93-050 response to Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities concerning 192.605.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-93-050.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-93-050.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-93-050","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1993/PI93050.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nAugust 17, 1993\nMr. Chris Bourne\nChairman, New England Pipeline Safety Representatives\nMassachusetts Department of Public Utilities\nSaltonstall Building\n100 Cambridge Street\nBoston, MA 02202\nDear Mr. Bourne:\nThank you for your letter of July 12, 1993, commenting on the applicability of 49 CFR\nPart 193 to mobile LNG plants. You asked us to reconsider our position that such plants\nare covered by Part 193, and to determine instead that they are subject to the operating\nand maintenance plan requirements of 49 CFR 192.605. You further asked us to\ncomment on a set of draft guidelines intended either as instructions for enforcement of\n§192.605 or as conditions under state waivers of Part 193.\nAfter reviewing the matter once more, we do not believe there is sufficient reason to\nchange our position that mobile LNG plants are covered by 49 CFR Part 193 rather than\n49 CFR Part 192. However, we believe the draft guidelines are appropriate to use as\nconditions under state waivers of Part 193. In fact, as you pointed out, one version of the\nsuggested guidelines is already in effect under a waiver granted by New Hampshire. The\nguidelines could be used as conditions under a single waiver a state agency might grant all\njurisdictional operators who apply for a waiver of Part 193 requirements.\nIdentical letter being sent to Richard Marini and Philip Sher.\nSincerely,\nCesar De Leon\nDirector, Regulatory Programs\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\ndal\\192.605\\93-08-17","truncated":false,"body_characters":1474}