# Michigan Public Service Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

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- **citation:** PI-96-001
- **title:** Michigan Public Service Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1996-02-05
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** PI-96-001 response to Michigan Public Service Commission concerning 192.321.
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Mr. Kris Brock
Gas Safety Program
Michigan Public Service Commission
6545 Mercantile Way
Lansing, Michigan 48909-7721
Dear Mr. Brock:
This is in response to your September 27, 1995, letter granting a waiver to Consumers Power
Company from Rule 321(1) of the Michigan Gas Safety Code to permit the aboveground
installation of a 4-inch plastic gas main in a 6-inch steel casing pipe across a bridge in the City of
Warren, Macomb County. Rule 321(1) contains the same requirement as 49 CFR 192.321(a)
which is that plastic pipe must be installed below ground level. Although our response is beyond
the 60 days from written notification as prescribed in 49 U.S.C. 60118(d), we believe that a
response should be provided.
We have reviewed the July 19, 1995, waiver application from Consumers Power Company and
the Commission's September 21, 1995, order waiving compliance with Rule 321(1). Based on the
facts in these two documents, we see no reason to object to the Commission's decision to grant
the waiver.
Sincerely,
Richard B. Felder
Associate Administrator for
Pipeline Safety
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