Interpretation Response #PI-01-0112 ([ExxonMobil Production Company] [Mr. T. S. Brooks])
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Interpretation Response Details
Response Publish Date:
Company Name: ExxonMobil Production Company
Individual Name: Mr. T. S. Brooks
Location State: LA Country: US
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Response text:
U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Special Programs Administration
400 Seventh St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590
June 14, 2001
Mr. T. S. Brooks
Exxon Mobil Production Company
U.S. East
P.O. Box 61707
New Orleans, LA 70161-1707
Dear Mr. Brooks:
In your letter of March 23, 2001, you requested an interpretation of safety jurisdiction for pipelines carrying natural gas and petroleum-based hazardous liquids between production platforms located entirely on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Gulf of Mexico. You noted that they are regulated by the Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) as production facilities. These pipelines are supplied from a shore-based facility to the first platform on the OCS through pipelines that are regulated by the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) under provisions of 49 CFR Parts 192 and 195.
We agree that pipelines between production platforms on the OCS are exempt from the pipeline safety jurisdiction of OPS. The pipeline safety regulations at 49 CFR §§ 192.2(b)(5) and 195.1(b)(6) exempt pipelines located on the OCS upstream of the point where operating responsibility transfers from a producing operator to a transporting operator.
If you need further assistance, please call me at (202) 366-4565.
Sincerely yours,
Richard D. Huriaux, P.E.
Manager, Regulations
Office of Pipeline Safety
Regulation Sections
| Section | Subject |
|---|---|
| 192.1 | What is the scope of this part? |