Archived Rulemaking: Transportation of liquids by pipeline; Offshore pipeline facilities
The safety standards in Part 192 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which are promulgated under the Natural-Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (NGPSA) (49 USC 1671 et seq.), govern the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of gas pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce. These safety standards apply to gas pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas onshore as well as on the "lands beneath navigable waters" and on the "outer continental shelf" as those areas are respectively defined in the- Sub- -merged Lands Act (43 USC 1301- et seq.) and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 USC 1331 et seq.).