{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-98-005","title":"Williams Field Services — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1998-05-22","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-98-005 response to Williams Field Services concerning 193.2001.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-98-005.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-98-005.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-98-005","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1998/PI98005.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMay 22, 1998\nMr. Chris Mason\nSenior Compliance Specialist\nWilliams Field Services,\nP.O. Box 1396\nHouston, Texas 77251-1396\nDear Mr. Mason:\nThis is in response to your letter requesting an interpretation of the federal jurisdiction over Williams Field Services\nCompany's (WFS) Ignacio plant LNG production facility located near Durango, Colorado. You requested a determination\nof the applicability of 49 CFR §193.2001 to the LNG portion of the plant in the event WFS were to change the nature of its\nLNG business.\nUnder the current operation, the WFS Ignacio Plant provides compression, natural gas conditioning, and liquid recovery for\nthe rural, non-jurisdictional San Juan gathering system. Less than two percent of the total volume of gas received at the\nplant is converted to LNG and stored in a 50,000 gallon tank. All LNG is delivered by trucks to buyers for use as vehicular\nfuel. The LNG facility does not involve the transportation of gas by pipeline that is subject to the pipeline safety laws (49\nU.S.C. 60101 et seq.) and 49 CFR Part 192. Based on this information, the Research and Special Programs Administration\n(RSPA) considers the current operation of the Ignacio Plant to be non-jurisdictional.\nWFS Ignacio Plant proposes to change the operation of the plant to truck LNG to two new consumers: (1) certain Indian\nreservations that operate their own local gas distribution systems and (2) certain local gas distribution companies (LDCs)\nthat are subject to 49 CFR Part 192. Because the LNG facility is not directly involved in the transportation of gas by\npipeline that is subject to the pipeline safety laws (49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.) and 49 CFR Part 192, the RSPA considers\nWFS Ignacio Plant under proposed operation to be non-jurisdictional.\nIf you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mike Israni at (202) 366-4571.\nSincerely,\nRichard D. Huriaux\nDirector, Technology and Regulations\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\ncc: Richard E. Sanders, TSI\nEd Ondak, Zach Barret, Western Region\nPage 1 of 1","truncated":false,"body_characters":2040}