On April 8, 2022, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published the Requirement of Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards, Final Rule (Valve Rule) in the Federal Register with an effective date October 5, 2022. This...
PHMSA Webinar on Emissions Reduction Expectations and Inspections Pipes Safety Act 2020, Section 114 PHMSA hosted a webinar on February 17, 2022, to discuss procedural emission reduction expectations and upcoming inspections for all oil and gas operators with assets...
PHMSA’s Safety of Gas Gathering Pipelines: Extension of Reporting Requirements, Regulation of Large, High-Pressure Lines, and Other Related Amendments, rule was issued on the Federal Register today with the published version expected on Monday November 15, 2021....
In 2019 PHMSA released an updated rulemaking to 49 CFR Part 195, Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline. This rulemaking added section §195.15, What requirements apply to reporting-regulator- only gathering lines?, which subjects otherwise unregulated rural...
On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2020 into law. This law includes mandates for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to execute actions within...
