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For most types of rulemaking, PHMSA provides notice of a proposed regulation. These documents propose changes to the safety regulations for the purpose of obtaining public comment. Below is a list of notices of proposed rules, advanced notice of proposed rules, and corrections.

About Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
  1. Each notice of proposed rulemaking is published in the Federal Register, unless all persons subject to it are named and are personally served with a copy of it.
  2. Each notice, whether published in the Federal Register or personally served, includes:
    1. A statement of the time, place, and nature of the proposed rulemaking proceeding;
    2. A reference to the authority under which it is issued;
    3. A description of the subjects and issues involved or the substance and terms of the proposed regulation;
    4. A statement of the time within which written comments must be submitted; and
    5. A statement of how and to what extent interested persons may participate in the proceeding.
Recent NRPMs and ANPRMs
 
73 FR 53075 - NPRM PHMSA-2007-27954; Control Room Management/Human Factors Sep 12, 2008
 
73 FR 36015 - NPRM PHMSA-RSPA-2004-19854; Integrity Management Program for Gas Distribution Pipelines Jun 25, 2008
 
73 FR 13167 - NPRM PHMSA–2005–23447; Notice 2; Extended comment period; prescribe safety requirements for the operation of certain gas transmission pipelines at pressures based on higher stress levels. May 8, 2008
 
PHMSA-2007-28993 - NPRM Materials Available for Comment: Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Internal Corrosion; Briefing Papers and Data Sheet Jul 24, 2007
 
71 FR 57457 - NPRM Pipeline Safety: Applicability of Public Awareness Regulations to Certain Gas Distribution Operators Sep 29, 2006
 
71 FR 52504 - NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Pipeline Safety: Protecting Unusually Sensitive Areas from Rural Onshore Hazardous Liquid Gathering Lines and Low-Stress Lines,Pipeline Sep 6, 2006
 
71 FR 1504 - NPRM Gas Gathering Line Definition; Meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Advisory Committee Jan 10, 2006
 
70 FR 74265 - NPRM Program Modifications and Clarifications; Integrity Management Dec 15, 2005
 
70 FR 74262 - NPRM Internal Corrosion in Gas Transmission Pipelines Reduction; Design and Construction Standards Dec 15, 2005
 
70 FR 57536 - SNPRM Gas Gathering Line Definition Oct 3, 2005
 
70 FR 41174 - NPRM Regulatory Reference to Technical Standards; Update Jul 18, 2005
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