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DOT/PHMSA RIN: 2137-AF86 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: ●Pipeline Safety: Harmonize Class Change Pressure Test Requirements with Subpart J Pressure Test Requirements 
Abstract:

This final rule revises the regulation for confirming or revising the maximum allowable operating pressure following a class location change to clarify that owners and operators of gas pipeline facilities can use to satisfy that requirement certain pressure tests authorized by Subpart J of Part 192 for small segments of pipe.

 
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: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR Part 192     (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. 5121, 60101 et. seq.    49 CFR 1.97    49 U.S.C. § 553(b)(4)(B)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  07/01/2025  90 FR 28600   
NPRM Comment Period End  09/02/2025 
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:
Robert Jagger
Senior Transportation Specialist
Department of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 557-6765
Email: robert.jagger@dot.gov