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DOT/PHMSA RIN: 2137-AF78 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: ●Pipeline Safety: Property Damage Definition for Incident Reporting on Gas Pipelines and Accidents on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines 
Abstract:

This DFR amends 49 CFR Parts 191 and 195 to revise the property damage threshold for determining when a release from a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility meets the definition of a reportable incident or accident.  This change clarifies that certain indirect impacts associated with investigating and repairing a release do not contribute to that threshold. This DFR also adopts an inflation adjusted property damage threshold for reporting hazardous liquid pipeline accidents identical to the one previously adopted for reporting gas pipeline incidents.

 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR Part 191    49 CFR Part 195     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3)    49 U.S.C. 5103, 5121, 60101 et. seq.    49 CFR 1.97   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Direct Final Rule  07/01/2025  90 FR 28050   
Direct Final Rule Effective  10/09/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Sayler Palabrica
Transportation Specialist
Department of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 744-0825
Email: sayler.palabrica@dot.gov