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    Standards & Rulemakings

    Welcome to the Office of Pipeline Safety's (OPS) Standards and Rulemakings page. In addition to information on pipeline safety standards and the agency's rulemakings, you can also find information on special permits, advisory bulletins, state waivers, notices and interpretations of the pipeline safety regulations listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 49 Parts 190 to 199.
    Latest Rulemakings
     
    		 77 FR 48112
    Pipeline Safety: Administrative Procedures; Updates and Technical Corrections; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
     
    		 77 FR 19800
    PHMSA 2009-0192; Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Damage Prevention Programs; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). Recorded presentation on the NPRM
     
    		 77 FR 5472
    PHMSA-2010-0026; Pipeline Safety: Miscellaneous Changes to Pipeline Safety Regulations; Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); Extension of comment period.
     
    		 77 FR 5472
    PHMSA-2011-0009; Pipeline Safety: Expanding the Use of Excess Flow Valves in Gas Distribution Systems to Applications Other Than Single-Family Residences; Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM); extension of comment period.
     
    		 76 FR 73570
    Pipeline Safety: Miscellaneous Changes to Pipeline Safety Regulations; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
     
    		 76 FR 72666
    Pipeline Safety: Expanding the Use of Excess Flow Valves in Gas Distribution Systems to Applications Other Than Single-Family Residences - Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM)
     
    		 76 FR 70953
    Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines - Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period
     
    		 76 FR 5308
    Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines - Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM)
     
    		 76 FR 35130
    Pipeline Safety: Control Room Management/Human Factors; Change in Implementation Period
     
    		 76 FR 25576
    Pipeline Safety: Applying Safety Regulations to All Rural Onshore Hazardous Liquid Low - Stress Lines
     
    		 For additional rulemaking activities click here
    Pipeline Regulations & Applicable Laws
     
    		 Pipeline Reauthorization Bill 2011
     
    		 Pipeline Safety Regulations (Title 49 CFR Parts 190-199)
     
    		 PIPES Act of 2006
    You can also read the text-only version.
     
    		 Pipeline Safety Statutes: 49 U.S.C. Chapters 601 & 603
    Standards Incorporated by Reference
     
    		 Introduction to Standards Incorporated by Reference,PHMSA
     
    		 Standards Incorporated by Reference in Part 192,PHMSA
     
    		 Standards Incorporated by Reference in Part 193,PHMSA
     
    		 Standards Incorporated by Reference in Part 195,PHMSA
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