Yesterday, DOT’s Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published 30 final rules and nine proposed rules in the Federal Register. I am not planning any detailed coverage of any of these final rules or proposed rules.
Final Rules
Clarification of Accident Reporting Requirements for Hazardous Liquid and Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Facilities - 91 FR 22055,
Clarification of Incident Reporting Requirements for Gas Pipeline Facilities - 91 FR 21979,
Clarifying Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Integrity Management Guidance - 91 FR 22047,
Consent Orders - 91 FR 21970,
Declaratory Order Procedures - 91 FR 21968
Editorial Corrections and Clarifications to Criteria for Conducting Integrity Assessments Using Guided Wave Ultrasonic Testing - 91 FR 22015
Editorial Corrections to Telephone and Facsimile Numbers - 91 FR 21975,
Electronic Retention of Part 194 Response Plans - 91 FR 22036
Electronic Submission of Requests for Written Interpretations and Special Permits - 91 FR 21965,
Interpretation Request Procedures - 91 FR 21973,
Outer Continental Shelf Pipelines; Correcting Amendment - 91 FR 22058,
Removing Obsolete Provision from Safety-Related Condition Reporting Requirements for Hazardous Liquid and Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Facilities - 91 FR 22053,
Removing Obsolete Provision in Safety-Related Condition Reporting Requirements - 91 FR 21981,
Requirements for Low-Stress Hazardous Liquid Pipelines in Rural Areas; Editorial Correction - 91 FR 22050,
Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: MAOP Reconfirmation, Expansion of Assessment Requirements, and Other Related Amendments; Correction - 91 FR 21984,
Standards Update—ASME B31.4 - 91 FR 22039,
Standards Update—ASTM A333/A333M - 91 FR 22029,
Standards Update—ASTM A372/A372M - 91 FR 22008,
Standards Update—ASTM A53/A53M - 91 FR 22032,
Standards Update—ASTM D2513 - 91 FR 22021,
Standards Update—ASTM D2564 - 91 FR 21990,
Standards Update—ASTM F1055 - 91 FR 21997,
Standards Update—ASTM F1973 - 91 FR 22018,
Standards Update—ASTM F2620 - 91 FR 22004,
Standards Update—ASTM F2767 - 91 FR 22001,
Standards Update—MSS SP-75 - 91 FR 22043,
Standards Update—NACE SP0206 - 91 FR 21993,
Standards Update—NACE SP0502 - 91 FR 22025,
Standards Update—NFPA 58 - 91 FR 21986,
Standards Update—NFPA 59 - 91 FR 22012,
Proposed Rules
Adjust Annual Report Deadlines - 91 FR 22087,
Adjustment to OPID Notifications for Construction - 91 FR 22091.
Eliminating Limitations on Welders and Welding Operators - 91 FR 22104,
Hazardous Liquid Valve Maintenance Schedule - 91 FR 22119,
Integration of Innovative Remote Sensing Technologies for Right-of-Way Patrols on Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines - 91 FR 22107,
Property Damage Definition for Reporting Incidents on Gas Pipelines and Accidents on Hazardous Liquid and Carbon Dioxide Pipelines - 91 FR 22096,
Remote Monitoring of Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Rectifiers - 91 FR 22115,
Removing Unnecessary Provision for Material Properties Verification during Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure Reconfirmation - 91 FR 22101,
Timeframe to Make Rupture-Mitigation Valves Operational - 91 FR 22111,