An ANPRM sought information concerning the need for a new safety standard that would require placement of the longitudinal weld seams in the upper half of newly constructed pipelines as a means to reduce the number of accidents caused by internal...

This interim final rule establishes regulations requiring response.plas for cetain pipelines that transport oil. Thesoegulations are mandated by'he.Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act-of IW0 (OPA 90). The purpose...

In response to public , comments received during the President's regulatory moratorium, petitions submitted by industry, and on their own initiative, the five operating administrations that currently require random drug testing-the Federal Aviation...

Today's Federal Register contains a notice of proposed rulemaking issued by the Department of Transportation regarding the collection and reporting of drug and alcohol testing data. The Department's proposed rule concerns a DOT plan to measure the...

This proposed rule sets forth regulations to require operators of gas, hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities who are subject to RSPA regulations to implement an alcohol misuse prevention program for...

This notice proposes to change miscellaneous hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipeline safety standards to provide clarity, eliminate unnecessary or overly burdensome requirements, and foster economic growth. The proposed changes result from the...

This notice proposes regulations requiring that new and replacement gas transmission lines and new and replacement hazardous liquid pipelines and certain carbon dioxide pipelines be designed and constructed to accommodate the passage of instrumented...

This notice proposes to change various gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas facility reporting and operating standards to provide clarity, eliminate unnecessary or overly burdensome requirements, and foster economic growth. The proposed changes...

A "grandfather clause" allows certain steel gas pipelines to operate at hoop stress levels above 72 percent of the specified minimum yield strength (SYMS) of the pipe-the highest operating hoop stress permitted on steel pipe in all other regulated gas...

RSPA's gas pipeline safety regulations allow certain steel pipelines put into service before the regulations were issued to be operated at pressures that result in a hoop stress higher than 72 percent of the specified minimum yield strength (SMYS) of...