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The Hazardous Materials Registration Program is now in effect. Persons who transport or offer for transportation certain hazardous materials are required to annually file a registration statement and pay a fee to the Department of Transportation.
By regulatory exception, the Federal pipeline safety standards governing hazardous liquid pipelines do not apply to pipelines operated at a stress level of 20 percent or less of the specified minimum yield strength (SMYS) of the pipe. In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Research...
This final rule updates existing references to voluntary specifications and standards to reflect more recent published editions of each document. Many currently referenced editions are outdated and some are outof-print This final rule will enable pipeline operators to tilize current technology,...
Excavators frequently sever or damage gas service lines causing loss of life, injury, or property damage by fire and explosion. RSPA proposes to require the installation of excess flow valves (EFVs) on certain new and replaced gqs service lines to improve safety and mitigate the consequences of...
This document corrects a final rule published on Thursday, March 18, 1993 (FR Doc. 93-6257). The final rule updated references to documents incorporated in 49 CFR parts 192, 193, and 195.
This final rule requires that each compressor building in a gas pipeline compressor station have a fixed gas detection and alarm system by September 16, 1996, unless the building has at least 50 percent of its upright side area permanently open, or is in an unattended field compressor station...
This final rule requires operators of distribution lines located outside business districts to use leak detectors to carry out required leakage surveys. Instead of using leak detectors, some operators survey for leaks by looking for dead or dying vegetation, a less reliable method. The rule will...
This document is a common preamble to five final rules being published by several operating administrations of the Department of Transportation (FAA, FHWA, FRA, RSPA & USCG) elsewhere in today's issue of the Federal Register. The Department needs employer drug testing program data in order...
This final rule sets forth regulations to require. operators of gas, hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities who are subject to 49 CFR parts 192, 193, and 195 to implement, maintain, and submit an annual report for their drug testing program data...