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DOT/RSPA RIN: 2137-AD98 Publication ID: Spring 2004 
Title: ●Pipeline Safety: Protecting Unusually Sensitive Areas and Commercially Navigable Waterways From Spills by Unregulated Gathering and Low-Stress Pipelines 
Abstract: Onshore rural gathering lines and certain onshore low-stress pipelines are exempt from RSPA's safety regulations for hazardous liquid pipelines. In response to congressional directives, this action would establish safety standards for any of these pipelines that could affect areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage or commercially navigable waterways. This rule would provide clarity to the regulatory definitions and would ensure that pipelines that could cause an impact on an unusually sensitive area are regulated. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 195   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 60101 to 60125   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/00/2004    
Additional Information: Docket No. RSPA-03-15864.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Energy Effects: Statement of Energy Effects planned as required by Executive Order 13211.  Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Dewitt Burdeaux
Pipeline Security Specialist
Department of Transportation
Research and Special Programs Administration
400 Seventh Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 366-7220
Email: dewitt.burdeaux@rspa.dot.gov