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e DOCKETS UNIT PAGE THIRTEEN MARCH 24, 1987 (c) Do any unregulated pipelines carrying these products pose a sufficient threat to public safety to warrant imposition of Part 195 safety standards? Response: The City does not have the data needed to respond to this question and would submit that no comprehensive databaserpurrently exists that could provide the information needed to answer this question. 9. Proposal: Include carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines in the regulation of hazardous liquid pipelines. (Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels) Response: The U. S. Department of Transportation Research and Special Programs Administration, Materials Transporta- tion Bureau's "Guidebook for Hazardous Materials Incidents" (DOT P5800.3) identifies carbon dioxide in all forms as being hazardous to the public. As is the City's position for anhydrous ammonia, any product being transported to through interstate pipelines and considered to be hazardous to the public or the environment should be regulated. Questions: (a) Do CO2 pipelines pose a sufficient threat to life or property to warrant imposition of Federal safety regulations? Response: Yes, CO2 can cause severe frost bite or death by means of suffocation when a person has contact with the product which has a tendency to concentrate in vapor clouds in low areas. (b) If Federal standards are imposed, should there be exceptions for gathering or transmission lines in rural areas? Response: Exemptions should be given only when sufficient Information exists to document the fact that a risk to the public or environment does not exist.