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Pipeline Safety: Codify Enforcement Discretion on Incidental Gathering Lines
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025. Comments closed on September 2, 2025.
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What the agency says
PHMSA proposes to codify a statement of limited enforcement discretion applicable to "incidental gathering" lines. The proposed rule completes PHMSA's commitment within its response to a petition for reconsideration of a 2021 final rule affecting the regulation of onshore gas gathering pipelines.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-12131
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Published
- July 1, 2025
- Comments due
- September 2, 2025
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before September 2, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0113
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2137-AF83
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 192
- Topics
- Pipeline safety
- Pages
- 4
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