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By this Order, the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) delegates to the Executive Director, Associate Administrators, Chief Counsel, Chief Financial Officer, and Staff Office Directors of PHMSA certain powers and authorities vested in the...
In relation to its final rulemaking entitled “Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria, Integrity Management Improvements, Cathodic Protection, Management of Change, and Other Related Amendments,” PHMSA is providing notice that it will exercise regulatory...
The enforcement policy regarding international standards notifies offerors and carriers of hazardous materials that PHMSA will not take enforcement action against any offeror or carrier using these standards for the domestic or international transportation of packages by any mode as it continues...
This guidance consists of a set of temporary repair and permanent repair FAQs that clarify the requirements of making repairs under 49 CFR 192 and 195. The main goal of the FAQs is to raise awareness of the issue of temporary repairs remaining on pipelines as if they are permanent repairs, which...
This Notice details what PHMSA will consider when reviewing an approval request to reclassify a material as a Class 9 safety device. Further, it establishes a policy for classifying subcomponents of existing safety devices as safety devices in their own right. It further states that PHMSA...
In relation to the gas gathering final rule issued November 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is providing notice that it will exercise regulatory enforcement discretion to refrain from taking enforcement action until...
PHMSA has developed Firework Brochures in alignment with the 2018 American Pyrotechnics Association Standard(s) 87-1 A, B, and C - incorporated by reference within the 49 CFR 173.64. These brochures intend to provide a high level overview for the Firework Industry and its interested parties and...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is providing notice that it will exercise regulatory enforcement discretion to enforce the limitation in 49 CFR 192.8(a)(5) on “incidental gathering” only in connection with gas gathering lines that...
This updated advisory bulletin reminds owners and operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines, particularly those with facilities located onshore or in inland waters, about the serious safety-related issues that can result from earth movement and other geological hazards.