PHMSA - Regulations

Standards & Rulemakings

Welcome to the Office of Pipeline Safety's (OPS) Standards and Rulemakings page. In addition to information on pipeline safety standards and the agency's rulemakings, you can also find information on special permits, advisory bulletins, state waivers, notices and interpretations of the pipeline safety regulations listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 49 Parts 190 to 199.

Latest Rulemakings

	77 FR 48112
	Pipeline Safety: Administrative Procedures; Updates and Technical Corrections; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

	77 FR 19800
	PHMSA 2009-0192; Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Damage Prevention Programs; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). Recorded presentation on the NPRM

	77 FR 5472
	PHMSA-2010-0026; Pipeline Safety: Miscellaneous Changes to Pipeline Safety Regulations; Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); Extension of comment period.

	77 FR 5472
	PHMSA-2011-0009; Pipeline Safety: Expanding the Use of Excess Flow Valves in Gas Distribution Systems to Applications Other Than Single-Family Residences; Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM); extension of comment period.

	76 FR 73570
	Pipeline Safety: Miscellaneous Changes to Pipeline Safety Regulations; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

	76 FR 72666
	Pipeline Safety: Expanding the Use of Excess Flow Valves in Gas Distribution Systems to Applications Other Than Single-Family Residences - Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM)

	76 FR 70953
	Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines - Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period

	76 FR 5308
	Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines - Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM)

	76 FR 35130
	Pipeline Safety: Control Room Management/Human Factors; Change in Implementation Period

	76 FR 25576
	Pipeline Safety: Applying Safety Regulations to All Rural Onshore Hazardous Liquid Low - Stress Lines

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Pipeline Regulations & Applicable Laws

Pipeline Reauthorization Bill 2011

Pipeline Safety Regulations (Title 49 CFR Parts 190-199)

	PIPES Act of 2006
	You can also read the text-only version.

Pipeline Safety Statutes: 49 U.S.C. Chapters 601 & 603

Standards Incorporated by Reference

Introduction to Standards Incorporated by Reference,PHMSA

Standards Incorporated by Reference in Part 192,PHMSA

Standards Incorporated by Reference in Part 193,PHMSA

Standards Incorporated by Reference in Part 195,PHMSA

Additional Resources

Agency Guidance