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The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) is considering amendments to the gas pipeline safety regulations set forth in Part 192 to (1) incorporate by reference the 1972 edition of the American Petroleum Institute document API RP5L1, entitled "API Recommended Practice for Railroad Transportation of...
This amendment to § 192.65(a) and Appendix A to Part 192 (1) incorporates by reference the 1972 edition of the American Petroleum Institute document API RPF51, entitled "API Recommended Practice for Railroad Transportation of Line Pipe." and (2) requires that in the case of certain pipe...
The purpose of this amendment is to improve the quality of welding performed on gas and liquid pipeline facilities under Parts 192 and 195, respectively. In Part 192, the amendment incorporates by reference sections 2.0, 3.0. and 6.0 of the 1973 (13th) edition of API Standard 1104, "Standard for...
By this amendment, Appendices A and B to Part 192 are modified tb incorporate by reference the 1970 and 1971 editions of the American Society for Testing materials (ASTM) Specification D2513, "Standard Specification for Thermoplastic Gas Pressure Pipe; Tubing, and Fittings". Also, two...
The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) proposes to revise § 192.615 to clarify and delineate the existing requirement that an operator prepare and execute an emergency plan. An emergency plan is necessary to provide for a timely and appropriate response by an operator in an emergency involving...
This amendment revises the existing requirement in § 192.707 for marking the location of gas transmission lines and establishes new marking requirements for gas distribution mains under that section. The purpose of this amendment is to alleviate a major cause of failures in gas pipelines-...
This amendment to Part 192 establishes in § 192.625 minimum Federal safety standards for odorizatlon of gas in certain transmission lines. It also modifies § 192.105 and adds a new § 192.706 to require that transmission lines be patrolled and surveyed for leaks on the basis of class location and...