Interpretation Response #PI-79-030 ([Shell Pipe Line Corporation] [R. E. Speckman])
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Interpretation Response Details
Response Publish Date:
Company Name: Shell Pipe Line Corporation
Individual Name: R. E. Speckman
Location State: TX Country: US
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Response text:
Mr. R. E. Speckman
Manager, Regulations and Maintenance Standards
Shell Pipe Line Corporation
Two Shell Plaza
Houston, Texas 77001
Dear Mr. Speckman:
Your letter of July 5, 1979, requested that the Department of Transportation clarify the regulatory responsibility for on-line pipeline transmission pumping equipment located on offshore
platforms that contain both production facilities and on-line transportation pumping equipment.
You stated that from the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Transportation and the Department of the Interior, you have classified the DOT regulated portion on the joint function platform as including the pipeline and its directly associated on-line transmission pumping equipment.
By definition (Section 195.2), a pipeline system or pipeline means all parts of a carrier's physical facilities through which commodities move in transportation. Once it is established by
application of Section 195.1 that the pipeline is under DOT's jurisdiction, then all subsequent on-line transmission pumping equipment is considered part of the pipeline and would be under
DOT's jurisdiction.
If we can be of further assistance, please let us know.
Sincerely,
/signed/
Cesar De Leon
Associate Director for
Pipeline Safety Regulation
Materials Transportation Bureau
Regulation Sections
| Section | Subject |
|---|---|
| 195.2 | Definitions |