PHMSA Finalizes Amendments to Pipeline Safety Regulations

March 11th, 2015 by Ann Rippe Regulatory Updates

Action Forcing Change
Summary: The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is adopting miscellaneous amendments to update and clarify certain pipeline safety requirements. The amendments address several topics, including the performance of postconstruction inspections, leak surveys of Type B onshore gas gathering lines, qualifying plastic pipe joiners, regulation of ethanol, transportation of pipe, filing of offshore pipeline condition reports, and calculation of pressure reductions for hazardous liquid pipeline anomalies.
[Full Text - 80 FR 12762]

Citations: 49 CFR 191.25(a); 49 CFR 191.27(a); 49 CFR 192, Subpart D; 49 CFR 192.112; 49 CFR 192.165; 49 CFR 192.225; 49 CFR 192.227; 49 CFR 192.229(a); 49 CFR 192.229(b); 49 CFR 192.229(c); 49 CFR 192.229(d); 49 CFR 192.241(c); 49 CFR 192.243(e); 49 CFR 192.285(c); 49 CFR 192.305; 49 CFR 192.503; 49 CFR 192.505(e); 49 CFR 192.620(c)(1); 49 CFR 192.620(c)(8); 49 CFR 192.65(a); 49 CFR 192.805(i); 49 CFR 192.925(b); 49 CFR 192.925(b)(2); 49 CFR 192.949; 49 CFR 195, Subpart B; 49 CFR 195.204; 49 CFR 195.214(a); 49 CFR 195.222(a); 49 CFR 195.222(b); 49 CFR 195.234(d); 49 CFR 195.307(c); 49 CFR 195.307(d); 49 CFR 195.428(c); 49 CFR 195.452(h)(4)(i); 49 CFR 195.452(m); 49 CFR 195.505(i); 49 CFR 195.56(a); 49 CFR 195.57; 49 CFR 195.571; 49 CFR 195.58; 49 CFR 195.58(a); 49 CFR 195.58(b); 49 CFR 228(b)

Ann Rippe

Manager of Regulatory Services