# Public Service Electric and Gas Company — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** PI-96-003
- **title:** Public Service Electric and Gas Company — Pipeline Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1996-02-15
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** PI-96-003 response to Public Service Electric and Gas Company concerning 192.723.
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U.S. Department 400 Seventh Street, S.W.
of Transportation Washington, D.C. 20590
Research and
Special Programs
Administration
Mr. Peter A. Cistaro
Vice President, Gas Distribution
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
PO Box 570
Newark, NH 07102
Dear Mr. Cistaro:
Thank you for your letter concerning a compliance action against your company by the New
Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU). The action involves an alleged failure to run
leakage surveys outside business districts as frequently as required by 49 CFR
192.723(b)(2).
As you know, NJBPU has submitted a current certification under 49 U.S.C §60105. While
this certification is in effect, NJBPU has exclusive authority to enforce the safety regulations
in 49 CFR Part 192 against intrastate pipeline facilities regulated by NJBPU, subject to
monitoring and oversight of program performance by our agency. In keeping with this
statutory division of state and federal authority, we do not intercede in enforcement actions
by certified state agencies or otherwise do anything that might invalidate such actions.
I believe you recognize our policy in this regard. However, we will be happy to consider
your analysis of § 192.723(b)(2) after the NJBPU proceeding is closed. If the analysis is
meritorious, we will issue whatever interpretation appears necessary for proper application
of the regulation in the future.
Sincerely,
Richard B. Felder
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety
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