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Interpretation Response #PI-85-005 ([Hydrocarbon Transportation, Inc.] [A. V. Spitser])

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

Interpretation Response Details

Response Publish Date:

Company Name: Hydrocarbon Transportation, Inc.

Individual Name: A. V. Spitser

Location State: NE Country: US

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Response text:

Mr. A. V. Spitser

Hydrocarbon Transportation, Inc.

2223 Dodge Street

Omaha, NE 68102

Dear Mr. Spitser:

This refers to your June 7, 1985, letter which asks us to find under 49 CFR §195.260(e) that valves are not justified on each side of a proposed reservoir in Cass County, Iowa, for two 8-inch LPG pipelines.

As provided by §195.200 block valves would not be required by §195.260(e) on your existing pipelines at their crossings of the proposed reservoir unless the pipeline crossings are to be replaced, relocated, or otherwise changed. However, if valves were required, we do not consider the reasons that "Hydrocarbon Transportation, Inc., does not want to install additional block valves in this area" and "the reservoir authorities do not want to pay for the cost of such installations" as sufficient justification to find that valves should not be installed. Valid reasons would explain why safety would not be jeopardized if the valves were not installed at the reservoir crossings.

Sincerely,

Richard L. Beam

Associate Director for Pipeline

Safety Regulation

Materials Transportation Bureau

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