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United StatesProposed measure, not in force yet

Pipes and fittings – United States

Official title

Pipeline Safety: Repair Criteria for Hazardous Liquid and Gas Transmission Pipelines

The United States notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 9 July 2026. The comment period closed on 8 September 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Pipeline safety; Accident and disaster control; Pipeline components and pipelines

Notifying member
United States(United States of America)
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
  • Cost saving and productivity enhancement
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/USA/2300
ICS classification
  • 23.040 Pipeline components and pipelines

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 8 September 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 8 September 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/USA/2300; it can take them up with the United States.

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What the notification says

Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) proposes to modernize and to clarify the anomaly response criteria in the Federal pipeline safety regulations for gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines. Driven by twenty years of technological development, modern engineering concepts allow operators to identify, schedule, and remediate pipeline anomalies more effectively and in a less costly manner. PHMSA proposes incorporating these improved safety practices into its regulations by finalizing certain safety improvements advanced in recent rulemakings for gas transmission pipelines and extending those changes to hazardous liquid pipelines. In addition, PHMSA proposes certain non-substantive revisions to its gas and hazardous liquid repair regulations to improve compliance.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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