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Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines (136 pages, in English)
The United States issued a correction on 28 April 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/USA/1117. The measure was first notified on 2 May 2016. The comment period closed on 8 September 2025.
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Pipeline safety
This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposes to revise the Pipeline Safety Regulations applicable to the safety of onshore gas transmission and gathering pipelines. PHMSA proposes changes to the integrity management (IM) requirements and proposes changes to address issues related to non-IM requirements. This NPRM also proposes modifying the regulation of onshore gas gathering lines.
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CorrigendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.11/Corr.1
Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: MAOP Reconfirmation, Expansion of Assessment Requirements, and Other Related Amendments; Correction
Final rule; correcting amendment - This final rule makes a correction to the requirements for reconfirming the maximum allowable operating pressure of gas transmission lines. This rule is effective on 3 August 2026. 91 Federal Register (FR) 21984, 24 April 2026; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 192: This action is identified by Docket Number PHMSA-2011-0023. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1117 are identified by Docket Numbers PHMSA-2019-0225 and PHMSA-2025-0117 providing access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number(s).
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.11
Comment deadline: Closed on 8 September 2025
Pipeline Safety: Clarifying Recordkeeping Requirements for Testing in MAOP Reconfirmation Regulation
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a final rule containing a technical correction clarifying the applicability of the requirements for reconfirming the maximum allowable operating pressure of certain gas transmission lines. PHMSA received a petition for reconsideration of the final rule and is providing the public with the opportunity to submit comments on the technical correction and petition for reconsideration. Comments are due on 8 September 2025. 90 Federal Register (FR) 38429, 8 August 2025; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 192: Pipeline Safety: Clarifying Recordkeeping Requirements for Testing in MAOP Reconfirmation Regulation, Final rule; technical correction; published 1 July 2025: This notice of comment period and the final rule; technical corrections are identified by Docket Number PHMSA-2025-0117. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point by or before 4pm Eastern Time on 8 September 2025. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with PHMSA and will also be submitted to the Docket on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period. Previous actions are identified by…
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.10
Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria, Integrity Management Improvements, Cathodic Protection, Management of Change, and Other Related Amendments: Corrections To Conform to Judicial Review
These amendments conform [Title 49] part 192 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to the August 2024 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by removing several vacated provisions. Effective on 15 January 2025. 90 Federal Register (FR) 3713, 15 January 2025; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 192: This action is identified by Docket Number PHMSA-2011-0023. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.9
Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines
TITLE: Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria, Integrity Management Improvements, Cathodic Protection, Management of Change, and Other Related Amendments: Technical Corrections; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT) ACTION: Final rule; technical corrections; response to petitions for reconsideration SUMMARY: PHMSA is making necessary technical corrections to ensure consistency within, and the intended effect of, a recently issued final rule titled 'Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria, Integrity Management Improvements, Cathodic Protection, Management of Change, and Other Related Amendments.' PHMSA also alerts the public to its 18 November 2022, and 19 April 2023, responses to petitions for reconsideration of this final rule. Effective 24 May 2023 This final rule; technical corrections; response to petitions for reconsideration is identified by Docket Number PHMSA-2011-0023. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.
CorrigendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.8/Corr.1
Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines
TITLE: Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria, Integrity Management Improvements, Cathodic Protection, Management of Change, and Other Related Amendments Correction In Rule Document 2022-17031, appearing on pages 52224-52279, in the issue of Wednesday, 24 August 2022, make the following correction: - On page 52267, in the third column, paragraph '(2)(i)' is corrected to read as set forth below. Sec. 192.3 Definitions. [Corrected] * * * * * (2)(i) If the length of the wrinkle bend cannot be reliably determined, then wrinkle bend means a bend in the pipe where (h/D)*100 exceeds 2 when S is less than 37,000 psi (255 MPa), where (h/D)*100 exceeds (47000--S)/10,000 +1 for psi [324--S)/69 +1 for MPa] when S is greater than 37,000 psi (255 MPa) but less than 47,000 psi (324 MPa), and where (h/D)*100 exceeds 1 when S is 47,000 psi (324 MPa) or more. * * * * *
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.8
Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines
TITLE: Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria, Integrity Management Improvements, Cathodic Protection, Management of Change, and Other Related Amendments AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT) ACTION: Final rule SUMMARY: PHMSA is revising the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations to improve the safety of onshore gas transmission pipelines. This final rule addresses several lessons learned following the Pacific Gas and Electric Company incident that occurred in San Bruno, California, on 9 September 2010, and responds to public input received as part of the rulemaking process. The amendments in this final rule clarify certain integrity management provisions, codify a management of change process, update and bolster gas transmission pipeline corrosion control requirements, require operators to inspect pipelines following extreme weather events, strengthen integrity management assessment requirements, adjust the repair criteria for high-consequence areas, create new repair criteria for non-high consequence areas, and revise or create specific definitions related to the above amendments. DATES: The final rule is effective 24 May 2023. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 24 May 2023. The incorporation by reference of other publications listed in this rule was approved by the Director of…
CorrigendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.6/Corr.1
Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines
TITLE: Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Gathering Pipelines: Extension of Reporting Requirements, Regulation of Large, High-Pressure Lines, and Other Related Amendments: Technical Corrections AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT) ACTION: Final rule; technical corrections SUMMARY: PHMSA is issuing corrections of certain changes to incident and annual reporting requirements for offshore gathering pipelines in its 15 November 2021, final rule titled 'Safety of Gas Gathering Pipelines: Extension of Reporting Requirements, Regulation of Large, High-Pressure Lines, and Other Related Amendments.' DATES: These corrections are (effective) 13 June 2022. This action is identified by Docket Number PHMSA-2011-0023. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. Other actions identified by Docket Number PHMSA-2011-0023 were notified as follows: G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.7 - Final rule; response to petition for reconsideration; enforcement discretion; technical corrections notified G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.6 – Final rule G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.4 - Final rule; petition for reconsideration G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.2 - Final rule G/TBT/N/USA/1117 and G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.1- Notice of proposed rulemaking and its extension of comment period The following actions are…
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.7
Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines
TITLE: Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Gathering Pipelines: Extension of Reporting Requirements, Regulation of Large, High-Pressure Lines, and Other Related Amendments: Response to a Petition for Reconsideration; Technical Corrections; Issuance of Limited Enforcement Discretion AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT) ACTION: Final rule; response to petition for reconsideration; enforcement discretion; technical corrections SUMMARY: PHMSA is alerting the public to its 1 April 2022, response denying a petition for reconsideration of the final rule titled 'Safety of Gas Gathering Pipelines: Extension of Reporting Requirements, Regulation of Large, High-Pressure Lines, and Other Related Amendments.' This final rule also makes clarifications and two technical corrections to that rulemaking. Lastly, this final rule memorializes a limited enforcement discretion in connection with that rulemaking's amendment of the regulatory definition of 'incidental gathering.' DATES: This final rule is effective 16 May 2022. The limited enforcement discretion is effective 16 May 2022. This final rule; response to petition for reconsideration; enforcement discretion; technical corrections, the final rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.6 and the notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117, the proposed rule; extension of comment period notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.1, the final rule notified as…
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.6
Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines
TITLE: Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Gathering Pipelines: Extension of Reporting Requirements, Regulation of Large, High-Pressure Lines, and Other Related Amendments AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT) ACTION: Final rule SUMMARY: PHMSA is revising the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations to improve the safety of onshore gas gathering pipelines. This final rule addresses Congressional mandates, Government Accountability Office recommendations, and public input received as part of the rulemaking process. The amendments in this final rule extend reporting requirements to all gas gathering operators and apply a set of minimum safety requirements to certain gas gathering pipelines with large diameters and high operating pressures. The rule does not affect offshore gas gathering pipelines. DATES: The effective date of this final rule is 16 May 2022. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule as of 14 April 2006. This final rule and the notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117, the proposed rule; extension of comment period notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.1, the final rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.2 and the final rule; petition for reconsideration notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.4 are identified by Docket Number PHMSA-2011-0023. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary…
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.5
Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines
TITLE: Pipeline Safety: Frequently Asked Questions on the Gas Transmission Rule AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT ACTION: Notification and request for comments SUMMARY: PHMSA is seeking public comment on a second set of draft frequently asked questions (Batch-2 FAQs) to facilitate implementation of its final rule titled 'Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: MAOP Reconfirmation, Expansion of Assessment Requirements, and other Related Amendments' (Gas Transmission Rule). DATES: Comments on the draft Batch-2 FAQs should be submitted to Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0225 no later than 16 March 2021. This notification and request for comments and an announcement of public meeting and request for comments notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.3 are identified by Docket Number PHMSA-2019-0225. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. The notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117, the proposed rule; extension of comment period notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.1, the final rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.2 and the final rule; petition for reconsideration notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1117.Add.4 are identified by Docket Number PHMSA-2011-0023. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents…
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.4
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT ACTION: Final rule; petition for reconsideration SUMMARY: This document responds to a joint Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) that was submitted on 31 October 2019, by the American Gas Association, the American Petroleum Institute, the American Public Gas Association, and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (the Associations). In the Petition, the Associations requested that PHMSA amend the final rule
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.3
TITLE: Pipeline Safety: Public Meeting on Implementing the Recently Published Gas Transmission and Hazardous Liquid Final Rules AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT ACTION: Announcement of public meeting and request for comments SUMMARY: This document announces a public meeting for Pipeline Safety officials to discuss with pipeline safety stakeholders the implementation of the gas transmission and the hazardous liquid pipeline final rules published in the F
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.2
TITLE: Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: MAOP Reconfirmation, Expansion of Assessment Requirements, and Other Related Amendments AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT ACTION: Final rule SUMMARY: PHMSA is revising the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations to improve the safety of onshore gas transmission pipelines. This final rule addresses congressional mandates, National Transportation Safety Board recommendations, and responds to public
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1117/Add.1
TITLE: Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period SUMMARY: On 8 April 2016, (81 FR 20722) PHMSA published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled: 'Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines' seeking comments on changes to the pipeline safety regulations for gas transmission and gathering pip
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/USA/1117
Comment deadline: Closed on 7 June 2016
Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines (136 pages, in English)
This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposes to revise the Pipeline Safety Regulations applicable to the safety of onshore gas transmission and gathering pipelines. PHMSA proposes changes to the integrity management (IM) requirements and proposes changes to address issues related to non-IM requirements. This NPRM also proposes modifying the regulation of onshore gas gathering lines.
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