{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-95-023","title":"Exxon Pipeline Company — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1995-05-30","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-95-023 response to Exxon Pipeline Company concerning 192.614, 195.422, 195.442.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-95-023.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-95-023.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-95-023","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1995/PI95023.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department 400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nof Transportation Washington, D.C. 20590\nResearch and\nSpecial Programs\nAdministration\nMay 30, 1995\nMr. George G. Persyn\nManager, Environmental & Regulatory\nCompliance Department\nExxon Pipeline Company\nP. O. No. 2220\nHouston, TX 77252-2220\nDear Mr. Persyn:\nThis responds to your letter of April 19, 1995, to the Dockets Branch of the Research and Special Programs Administration,\nregarding § 195.442 of our Final Rule “Excavation Damage Prevention Programs for Gas and Hazardous Liquid and Carbon\nDioxide Pipelines,” published on March 20, 1995.\nYour concern is with § 195.442(b)(1) requiring operators to “Include [in the damage prevention program of paragraph (a)] the\nidentity, on a current basis, of persons who normally engage in excavation activities in the area in which the pipeline is\nlocated.” Your maintain that identifying such persons is impractical and unrealistic.\nDuring your telephone conversation with this office on May 8, 1995, we suggested that you consider the various sources that\noperators of gas pipelines have been using to comply with the similar requirement in § 192.614(b)(1), which has been in effect\nsince April 1, 1983. The sources suggested were:\n• Offices where contractor licenses or excavation permits are obtained.\n• Yellow pages and advertisements in regional newspapers.\n• Regional contractor’ s associations or other entities with contractor registration lists.\n• Vendors of excavation equipment.\n• One-call systems covering the areas where the pipelines are located.\n• Other sources suggested by gas operators with pipelines in the same areas.\nAccordingly, you advised that your office is already investigating some of these sources and expects to be able to handle the\nrequirement in this manner.\nWe trust that this responds to your concerns.\nSincerely,\nCesar DeLeon\nDeputy Associate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety\ncc: Mr. Jim Thomas, Director\nSouthwest Region, Office of Pipeline Safety\nFile: 053095 Opinion Book\n195.442\n192.614","truncated":false,"body_characters":2028}