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Pipeline Safety: Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Threat to Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
PHMSA is issuing this to owners and operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines to consider the threat from stress corrosion cracking (SCC) when developing and implementing Integrity Management Plans.
Pipeline Safety: Alternative Mitigation Measures for Required Repairs Delayed by a Need to Obtain Permits
Congress directed the Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) to revise its pipeline safety regulations, if necessary, to allow operators to take alternative mitigation measures while they seek governmental permits required for repairs. As RSPA/OPS...
Archived Rulemaking: Transportation of Explosives by Vessel and Miscellaneous Amendments
RSPA and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) are proposing to amend existing requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) pertaining to the handling, stowage, and transport of explosives by vessel. This notice proposes to revise provisions currently found in 46 CFR part 146...
Archived Rulemaking: Performance-Oriented Packaging Standards; Additional Proposals for Flammable Solids, Oxidizers, and Organic Peroxides
RSPA proposes to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), 49 CFR Parts 171-180, with regard to the hazard classification, packaging, and hazard communication requirements applicable to flammable solids, oxidizers, and organic peroxides. The proposed changes are based on the United...
Archived Rulemaking: Exemptions Potentially Affected by Docket No. HM-181 on Performance Oriented Packaging Standards
This notice advises DOT exemption holders to review their exemptions from specific requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations to determine whether their exemptions could be eliminated as a result of a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 21, 1990, and revisions...