Pipeline Safety: Frequently Asked Questions on the Gas Transmission Rule

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 01/15/2021.

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).

Hazardous Materials: Editorial Corrections and Clarifications

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 01/13/2021.

Revisions to Civil Penalty Amounts

by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Maritime Administration, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 01/11/2021.

In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, this final rule provides the 2020 inflation adjustment to civil penalty amounts that may be imposed for violations of certain DOT regulations. In additional, this final rule makes conforming revisions to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...

Pipeline Safety: Gas Pipeline Regulatory Reform

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 01/11/2021.

PHMSA is amending the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations to ease regulatory burdens on the construction, maintenance, and operation of gas transmission, distribution, and gathering pipeline systems without adversely affecting safety. The amendments in this rule are based on rulemaking petitions from stakeholders, and DOT and PHMSA initiatives...

Hazardous Materials: Miscellaneous Amendments Pertaining to DOT-Specification Cylinders

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 12/28/2020.

PHMSA is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to revise certain requirements applicable to the manufacture, use, and requalification of DOT-specification cylinders. PHMSA is taking this action in response to petitions for rulemaking submitted by stakeholders and agency review of compressed gas cylinder regulations. Specifically,...

Hazardous Materials: Editorial Corrections and Clarifications

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 12/21/2020.

This final rule corrects editorial errors and improves the clarity of certain provisions in the Hazardous Materials Regulations and PHMSA program and procedural regulations. The intended effect of this rulemaking is to enhance the accuracy and reduce misunderstandings of the regulations. The amendments contained in this final rule are...

Hazardous Materials: Harmonization With International Standards

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 12/03/2020.

Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Miscellaneous Petitions To Reduce Regulatory Burdens

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 11/25/2020.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations in response to 24 petitions for rulemaking submitted by the regulated community between February 2015 and March 2018. This final rule updates, clarifies, or provides relief from various regulatory requirements without adversely...

Hazardous Materials: Response to an Industry Petition To Reduce Regulatory Burden for Cylinder Requalification Requirements

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 10/30/2020.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is amending the requirements of the requalification periods for certain Department of Transportation (DOT) 4-series specification cylinders in non-corrosive gas service in response to a petition for rulemaking submitted by the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA).

Hazardous Materials: Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 07/24/2020.

PHMSA, in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to allow for the bulk transport of ``Methane, refrigerated liquid,'' commonly known as liquefied natural gas (LNG), in rail tank cars. This rulemaking authorizes the transportation of LNG by rail in DOT-113C120W...

Pipeline Safety: Safety of Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities; Correction

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 07/23/2020.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a final rule in the Federal Register on February 12, 2020, amending PHMSA's regulations establishing minimum safety standards for underground natural gas storage facilities. That document inadvertently removed certain reporting requirements for natural gas pipeline...

Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: MAOP Reconfirmation, Expansion of Assessment Requirements, and Other Related Amendments: Response to a Joint Petition for Reconsideration

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 07/06/2020.

This document responds to a joint Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) that was submitted on October 31, 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...

Hazardous Materials: Harmonization With International Standards

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 05/11/2020.

PHMSA is issuing this final rule to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to maintain alignment with international regulations and standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations,...

Pipeline Safety: Safety of Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 02/12/2020.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is publishing this final rule to amend its minimum safety standards for underground natural gas storage facilities (UNGSFs). On December 19, 2016, PHMSA issued an interim final rule (IFR) establishing regulations in response to the 2015 Aliso Canyon incident and the subsequent mandate in...

Pipeline Safety: Public Meeting on Implementing the Recently Published Gas Transmission and Hazardous Liquid Final Rules

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 01/29/2020.

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 Federal Register on October 1, 2019. PHMSA is making available for comment draft frequently asked questions (FAQs) and...

Revisions to Civil Penalty Amounts

by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Maritime Administration, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 10/29/2019.

Pipeline Safety: Enhanced Emergency Order Procedures

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 10/01/2019.

On October 14, 2016, PHMSA published an interim final rule (IFR) issuing temporary emergency order procedures and requesting public comment. This final rule adopts, with modifications, that IFR implementing the emergency order authority conferred on the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) by the ``Protecting our Infrastructure of...

Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: MAOP Reconfirmation, Expansion of Assessment Requirements, and Other Related Amendments

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 10/01/2019.

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 input. The amendments in this final rule address integrity management requirements and other...

Pipeline Safety: Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines

by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on 10/01/2019.

In response to congressional mandates, NTSB and GAO recommendations, lessons learned, and public input, PHMSA is amending the Pipeline Safety Regulations to improve the safety of pipelines transporting hazardous liquids. Specifically, PHMSA is extending reporting requirements to certain hazardous liquid gravity and rural gathering lines;...

Revisions to Civil Penalty Amounts

by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Maritime Administration, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 07/31/2019.

In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, this final rule provides the 2019 inflation adjustment to civil penalty amounts that may be imposed for violations of certain DOT regulations.