{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-99-003","title":"Montgomery & Andrews — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1999-05-10","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-99-003 response to Montgomery & Andrews concerning 195.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-99-003.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-99-003.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-99-003","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1999/PI99003.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMr. Brett Olsen\nMontgomery & Andrews\nPO Box 2307\nSanta Fe, NM 87504-2307\nDear Mr. Olsen:\nI am responding to your April 12, 1999, letter asking if a particular\nmetering/transfer station comes under the DOT regulations in 49 CFR\nPart 195. As you described it, the station consists of piping, tankage, and\nother equipment used to transfer crude oil from tank trucks to an interstate\npipeline.\nThe Part 195 regulations apply to pipeline facilities used in the\ntransportation of hazardous liquids, such as crude oil. However, truck\nterminal facilities used exclusively to transfer hazardous liquid between\ntrucks and pipelines are not subject to the regulations, except for any device\nand associated piping that is necessary to control pipeline pressure\n(' 195.1(b)(8)(ii)). Your description does not indicate the presence of any\nsuch device at the station. Also, your description does not indicate that any\nof the station facilities provide Abreakout tank@ service for the interstate\npipeline. (Breakout tank facilities would come under Part 195 as a pipeline\nand thus not be excluded under ' 195.1(b)(6). See the Part 195 definitions of\nApipeline@ and Abreakout tank@.) It appears that none of the facilities on the\nstation grounds is subject to Part 195.\nI hope you find this opinion helpful. If you would like to discuss this matter\nfurther, please call Mr. Furrow at (202) 366-4559.\nSincerely,\nRichard D. Huriaux\nManager, Regulations\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\nLMFurrow:jmd:64046:5/10/99\ncc: DPS-1,2,10,Regions,TSI,EMail","truncated":false,"body_characters":1533}