{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-98-003","title":"The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1998-04-24","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-98-003 response to The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio concerning 192.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-98-003.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-98-003.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-98-003","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1998/PI98003.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n4/24/98\nMr. Edward M. Steele\nChief, Gas Pipeline Safety Section\nThe Public Utilities Commission of Ohio\n180 E. Broad Street\nColumbus, Ohio 43266-0573\nDear Mr. Steele:\nThis is in response to your letter to Richard Felder concerning a gas storage field operated by\nthe Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation. You said the field, which is used in the pipeline\ntransportation of gas in Ohio, lies beneath a water well that reportedly contains natural gas.\nYou asked if the storage field is an \"interstate gas pipeline facility\" subject to the federal\npipeline safety law (49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.). Because of its use in the pipeline transportation\nof gas, we believe the storage field is a pipeline facility subject to the federal pipeline safety law.\nAs such, the field would come under the law’ s definition of \"interstate gas pipeline facility\" if it\nis also subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the\nNatural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.). Since the Department’ s gas pipeline safety standards\ndo not cover gas storage fields, we do not know if the field comes under the Commission’ s\njurisdiction.\nNext you asked if the Department has authority under 49 U.S.C. §60112 to decide if the\nstorage field is a hazardous pipeline facility. Under 49 U.S.C. §60112, the Department has\nauthority to decide whether any pipeline facility covered by the federal pipeline safety law is\nhazardous.\nI hope you find this information helpful. If we can be of futher asistance, please contact me at\n(202) 366-4565.\nSincerely,\nRichard D. Huriaux, P.E.\nDirector, Office of Technology and Standards","truncated":false,"body_characters":1631}