{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-98-002","title":"James S. Stites — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1998-04-17","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-98-002 concerning 193.2001.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-98-002.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-98-002.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-98-002","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1998/PI98002.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n400 Seventh Street S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nResearch and\nSpecial Programs\nAdministration\n04/17/98\nMr. James S. Stites\nManager, Safety Department\n111 Doctors Circle\nColumbia, SC 29203\nDear Mr. Stites:\nThis is in response to your letter of February 18, 1998, requesting an interpretation concerning the\nfederal jurisdiction of a non-gas utility receiving natural gas from an interstate pipeline to serve an\nelectric generation turbine and an liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. The LNG plant is to be\nlocated on a company’ s private property, and the gas from the plant may be sold for vehicular\nfuel.\nThe Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) considers a lateral pipeline from an\ninterstate pipeline to an electric generation turbine and an LNG plant to be jurisdictional.\nTherefore, it is subject to 49 CFR Part 192. The lateral pipeline does not qualify for exclusion\nunder the scope of §192.1. Only rural gathering lines and customer-owned service lines are\nexempt from Part 192.\nIn addition, RSPA considers an LNG plant located on a non-gas utility’ s private property to be\nsubject to Part 193 because it receives gas from a Part 192 regulated pipeline and does not qualify\nfor any exclusion under §193.2001.\nIf you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mike Israni at (202)366-4571.\nSincerely,\nRichard D. Huriaux\nDirector, Technology and Standards\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\ncopy: Richard E. Sanders, TSI\nFred Joiner, Southern Region\nDPS-11:MIsrani:366-4571:5/20/99\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nC: \\wp61 wvr-intp\\sc-lng.int","truncated":false,"body_characters":1562}