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This notice proposes to revise the definition of the term "gathering line" so that the beginning and end of a gas gathering line are clearly described. The points where a gas gathering line begins and ends are confusing under the current definition. Identifying these points is important because...
This final rule extends the time for compliance with the new requirements for existing carbon dioxide pipelines. This extension of time for compliance is done in response to a petition for reconsideration.
As a result of recent accidents, this notice proposes to require operators of distribution lines to use gas detectors in conducting leakage surveys on lines located outside business districts. Some operators now survey these lines for leaks by looking for dead or dying vegetation, a method that...
Natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines buried in shallow offshore waters in the Gulf of Mexico have been involved in" accidents with fishing and other vessels. Public Law 101-599 was enacted to determine the extent to which pipelines in shallow waters in the Gulf of Mexico may be a hazard to...
This notice proposes revisions to the allocation formula for distributing Federal pipeline safety grants to states beginning in Calendar Year (CY) 1992. The notice also summarizes comments received in response to a February 25, 1991 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) soliciting ideas...
RSPA announces a delay in the effective date of regulations governing drug testing, insofar as those regulations would require testing of persons located outside the territory of the United States. Under this final rule, these persons must become subject to testing no later than January 21, 1995...
Correction: In rule document 92-16360 beginning on page 31279 in the issue of Tuesday, July 14, 1992, in the third column, in the SUMMARY, in the last line, "January 21, 1995" should read "January 2, 1995".
This notice proposes to change miscellaneous gas pipeline safety standards to provide clarity, eliminate unnecessary or overly burdensome requirements, and foster economic growth. The proposed changes result from the regulatory review RSPA carried out in response to the President's directive on...
RSPA's gas pipeline safety regulations allow certain steel pipelines put into service before the regulations were issued to be operated at pressures that result in a hoop stress higher than 72 percent of the specified minimum yield strength (SMYS) of the pipe. This is the highest hoop stress at...