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Regulatory Reinvention Initiative: Pipeline Safety Program Procedures; Reporting Requirements; Gas Pipeline Standards; and Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities Standards

Final rule.

This final rule changes various administrative practices in the pipeline safety program and makes minor modifications to requirements for gas detection, protective enclosures, and pipeline testing temperatures. These changes will eliminate unnecessary or overly burdensome requirements, and reduce costs in the pipeline industries without compromising safety.

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