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Valve Rule Communication

Operator compliance with the pipeline safety regulations is critical to preventing pipeline accidents and incidents. Goals of PHMSA's outreach program for the 2022 Valve Rulemaking are to expand awareness and knowledge of the 2022 Valve final rule and the new gas distribution, gas transmission...

Valve Rule Resources

Inspection forms

Regulatory codes: Part 192 & 195

Part 192: Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Federal Safety Standards

Part 195: Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline

Valve...

Valve Rule Overview

PHMSA is revising the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations applicable to most newly constructed and entirely replaced onshore gas transmission, and hazardous liquid pipelines with diameters of 6 inches or greater. In the revised regulations, PHMSA requires operators of these lines to install...

TransCanada Keystone RCFA

As required by an amended Corrective Action Order (ACAO) following the December 2022 failure of its Keystone pipeline and a release of almost 13,000 barrels of crude oil near Washington, KS, TC Oil Pipeline Operations, Inc. has submitted a Root Cause Failure Analysis to PHMSA and a redacted copy...