{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-93-060","title":"OXY USA, Inc. — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1993-10-08","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-93-060 response to OXY USA, Inc. concerning 192.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-93-060.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-93-060.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-93-060","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1993/PI93060.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nOctober 8, 1993\nMr. Lance Fellhoalter\nEngineering Technician\nOXY USA, Inc.\nRoute 1, Box 4\nEl Dorado, KS 67042\nDear Mr. Fellhoalter:\nThis responds to your April 26, 1993, letter to George E. Tenley, Jr. concerning the Fairbrothers\nA-1 gas production facilities in Spivey, Kansas. We received the letter by fax from the\nTransportation Safety Institute on September 1, 1993. You asked whether the production flow\nline comes under the regulations in 49 CFR Parts 40, 191, 192, and 199.\nAs shown on the drawing enclosed to your letter, a 2 3/8-inch line connects the gas well to a\nseparator. Beyond that point, extracted liquids are stored in tanks, and the gas travels through a\n30-foot long, 2-inch line to the connection with Western Resources’ meter run. In a telephone\nconversation with you on September 21, 1993, we learned that your question regarding the flow\nline concerns both the 2 3/8-inch line and the 2-inch line, although the drawing labels only the 2\n3/8-inch line as a flow line.\nThe regulations in Parts 40, 191, 192, and 199 apply to pipeline facilities used in the\ntransportation of gas beginning at the end of the production process. Thus, the regulations would\nnot apply to the lines in question if they are used in the production of gas. Although Parts 40,\n191, 192, and 199 do not define gas production facilities, the definition of “ production facility” in\n49 CFR 195.2 provides a reasonable guide for use in distinguishing facilities used in gas\nproduction. Under that definition, “ production facility” means piping or equipment used in the\nproduction, extraction, recovery, lifting, stabilization, separation or treating of petroleum or\ncarbon dioxide, or associated storage or measurement. Since the 2 3/8-inch line is associated\nwith separation at the production site and the 2-inch line is associated with measurement at the\nproduction site, we conclude that both lines are used in the production of gas and are not\ncovered by Parts 40, 191, 192, and 199.\nSincerely,\nCesar De Leon\nDirector, Regulatory Programs\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\ndal\\192.1\n93-10-08","truncated":false,"body_characters":2096}