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Pipeline Safety: Codify Enforcement Discretion on Incidental Gathering Lines

Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

PHMSA proposes to codify a statement of limited enforcement discretion applicable to "incidental gathering" lines. The proposed rule completes PHMSA's commitment within its response to a petition for reconsideration of a 2021 final rule affecting the regulation of onshore gas gathering pipelines.

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