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RIN: 2137-AE72

Publication ID: Fall 2019

Title: Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines, MAOP Reconfirmation, Expansion of Assessment Requirements and Other Related Amendments
Abstract: This rulemaking amends the pipeline safety regulations to address the testing and pressure reconfirmation of certain previously untested gas transmission pipelines and certain gas transmission pipelines with inadequate records, require operators incorporate seismicity into their risk analysis and data integration, require the reporting of maximum allowable operating pressure exceedance, allow a 6-month extension of integrity management reassessment intervals with notice, and expand integrity assessments outside of high consequence areas to other populated areas.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
EO 13771 Designation: Regulatory
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 192
Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	08/25/2011	76 FR 53086
ANPRM Comment Period Extended	11/16/2011	76 FR 70953
ANPRM Comment Period End	12/02/2011
End of Extended Comment Period	01/20/2012
NPRM	04/08/2016	81 FR 20721
NPRM Comment Period End	06/08/2016	81 FR 20721
Final Rule	10/01/2019	84 FR 52180
Final Rule Effective	07/01/2020

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov	Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Robert Jagger Technical Writer Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 366-4595 Email: robert.jagger@dot.gov