{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-95-050","title":"Alabama Public Service Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1995-11-09","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-95-050 response to Alabama Public Service Commission concerning 195.2.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-95-050.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-95-050.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-95-050","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1995/PI95050.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nSR-95-117\nU.S. Department 400 Seventh Street, SW\nof Transportation Washington, DC 20590\nResearch and\nSpecial Programs\nAdministration\nNovember 9, 1995\nMr. Chris J. Harvey\nAdministrator, Gas Pipeline Safety\nAlabama Public Service Commission\nP.O. Box 991\nMontgomery, Alabama 36101-0991\nDear Mr. Harvey:\nYou requested a determination of jurisdiction of a 4.5 inch diesel pipeline used to assist production on an\nExxon offshore facility in Mobile Bay Block 62. This question was raised following an inspection of this\nfacility and Exxon’ s subsequent contention that the 4.5 inch line in question was exempt from the\nrequirements of 49 CFR 195 because it was a gathering line.\nUnder 49 CFR 195.2, a gathering line means “ a pipeline 8 inches or less in nominal diameter that\ntransports petroleum from a production facility.” Because the pipeline in question transports diesel\nfuel from an onshore facility to the offshore production facilities, it cannot be classified as a gathering\nline.\nTherefore, it is jurisdictional to the requirements of 49 CFR 195. please contact the Office of Pipeline Safety, Southern Region, at (404) 347-2632.\nIf you have any further questions,\nSincerely,\nCesar DeLeon\nDeputy Associate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety\n95-11-09.doc 195.2","truncated":false,"body_characters":1276}