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Pipeline Safety: Regulations Implementing Memorandum of Understanding With the Department of the Interior

Confirmation of effective date of direct final rule.

This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule that excluded from DOT safety regulations producer-operated gas and hazardous liquid pipelines located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) upstream from where operating responsibility transfers to a transporting operator. Also, in response to comments from interested persons, RSPA has clarified the applicability of the direct final rule.

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