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Interpretation Response #PI-74-0151

Below is the interpretation response detail and a list of regulations sections applicable to this response.

Interpretation Response Details

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Response text:

December 16, 1974

Mr. Olin L. Greene, Director
Division of State Fire Marshal
Office of Treasurer
Insurance Commissioner
Tallahassee, FL 32304

Dear Mr. Greene:

This responds to your letter of November 15, 1974, requesting that we interpret 49 CFR 192.503(b) to permit the use of petroleum gas as a test medium.

Section 192.503(b) prohibits the use of petroleum gas as a test medium by exclusion from the list of permissible media. Consequently, this section cannot be interpreted to permit the use of petroleum gas.

We would be happy, however, to treat your letter as a petition to change the rule, if you will provide us further information to support your contention that petroleum gas as a test medium poses no greater hazard to the public than natural gas.

Sincerely

Original signed by:
Joseph C. Caldwell
Director
Office of Pipeline Safety

Regulation Sections

Section Subject
192.503 General requirements