# U.S. Oil Company, Inc. — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

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- **citation:** PI-95-005
- **title:** U.S. Oil Company, Inc. — Pipeline Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
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- **published on:** 1995-01-30
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- **summary:** PI-95-005 response to U.S. Oil Company, Inc. concerning 195.1.
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January 30, 1995
Mr. Thomas J. Sullivan
U.S. Oil Company, Inc.
425 S. Washington Street
Combined Locks, WI 54113
Dear Mr. Sullivan:
This is a further response to your letter of November 4, 1994, to Donald E. Moore, regarding a
petroleum terminal and associated pipelines in Green Bay, Wisconsin. You asked if we agree with
your understanding of the law as presented in your letter.
Based on our reading of your letter, the diagrams enclosed with your letter, and additional
information from Mr. Moore, we considered the jurisdiction of the regulation in 49 CFR Part 195
over the pipelines. The only pipeline currently excluded from those regulations is the one that
transports calcium chloride.
With respect to in-plant piping, § 195.1(b)(6) excepts this piping from Part 195 only at
production, refining, and manufacturing plants. The exception does not apply to piping in
petroleum terminals. However, we recently revised § 195.1(b)(7) to clarify the application of Part
195 to piping at terminals (59 FR 33395; June 28, 1994). Section 195.1(b)(7)(ii) now provides
an exception for terminal piping that is similar to the in-plant piping exception under
§ 195.1(b)(6).
Sincerely,
Cesar De Leon
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Pipeline Safety
dal 195.1
95-01-30
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