This final rule establishes new safety regulations governing the transportation by pipeline of carbon dioxide in a supercritical state. The regulations for carbon dioxide are similar to the regulations for hazardous liquids. Section. 211 of the...

In Notice I of this proceeding, RSPA requested public comment on the need to regulate the safety of hazardous liquid pipelines operated at 20 percent or less of specified minimum yield strength (SMYS). Now the Associate Administrator for Pipeline...

Natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines buried in shallow offshore waters in the Gulf of Mexico have been involved in accidents with fishing and other vessels. Public Law 101-599 was enacted to determine the extent to which pipelines in shallow...

This notice proposes regulations to control the concentration of hydrogen sulfide (II2S in natural gas pipeline systems because high concentrations of HS are extremely toxic if released. The proposed rule would: (a) Prohibit operators from...

RSPA is making changes in the procedures and policy by which its Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) addresses alleged deficiencies in operators' required plans and procedures. OPS administers a statutory process for amending plans and procedures it finds...

Gas service lines are frequently severed or damaged by excavation causing loss of life, injury and property damage by fire and explosion. OPS seeks public participation in determining whether operators should be required to install excess flow valves...

By exception (49 CFR 195.1(b)(3), the Federal pipeline safety standards governing hazardous liquid pipelines do not apply to pipelines operated at 20 percent or less of the specified minimum yield strength (SMYS) of the pipe. In this Advance Notice of...

This final rule sets forth regulations that require each State to adopt or seek to adopt a one-call damage prevention program as a condition to receiving a full grant-in-aid for the State's pipeline safety compliance program. The final rule implements...

This notice proposes to require that gas compressor buildings with 50 percent or more of wall area enclosed be equipped with gas detection and alarm systems. The history of reported incidents at compressor stations indicates a potential for leaking...

Congress has directed the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations that require each State to adopt or seek to adopt a one-call damage prevention program under State law as a condition to receiving a full grant-in-aid for the State's pipeline...