This document updates to the 1988 edition the existing incorporation by reference in the gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety standards of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Specification 5L, "Specification for Line Pipe." The purpose of this...

This final rule document makes clarifying changes (without imposing new burdens) to recently established reporting requirements regarding safety-related conditions, and states agency policy regarding discovery of those conditions by smart pigs. In...

Correction In rule document 89715435 beginning on page 27881 in the issue of Monday, July 3, 1989, make the following correction: Appendix A to Port 193 [Corrected] On page 27882, in the third column, in amendatory instruction 4, in the fourth line, "...

This amendment updates to the 17th edition (1988) the existing incorporation by reference in the Federal pipeline safety standards of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 1104, "Standard for Welding Pipelines and Related Facilities." The...

Gas pipeline operators who must now inspect for corrosion on buried metallic pipe that is exposed, would be required to investigate further to determine the full extent of any corrosion that is found. At least one major gas pipeline accident might...

This notice corrects the amendment number of final rule document 89-13388 published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, June 6, 1989 (54 FR 24173). In the document heading on page 24173, the amendment number, Amdt. 192-60A, is changed to read Amdt....

This notice requests information to determine the need for regulations to control the concentration of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in natural gas pipeline systems. There have been several instances in which H2S has entered pipelines inadvertently. High...

Under this final rule, the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of a pipeline may be confirmed or revised as a specified percentage of its past test pressure, provided the test was conducted for at least 8 hours. Previously, a pipeline must...

Excavators frequently sever or damage gas service lines causing loss of life, injury, or property damage by fire and explosion. RSPA proposes to require the installation of excess flow valves (EFVs) on certain new and replaced gas service lines to...

RSPA has received petitions for reconsideration of its final rule requiring operators of pipeline facilities used for the transportation of natural gas or hazardous liquids and operators of liquefied natural gas facilities to have an anti-drug program...