Pipeline Safety: Enhanced Emergency Order Procedures
pipeline-safety · Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration · Published 2019-10-01 · Effective 2019-12-02 · 84 FR 52015
Document
Document number
2019-20308
Federal Register citation
84 FR 52015
CFR reference
49 CFR 190
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
pipeline-safety
Sub-agency
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Publication date
2019-10-01
Effective date
2019-12-02
DOT docket
Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0091
Abstract
On October 14, 2016, PHMSA published an interim final rule (IFR) issuing temporary emergency order procedures and requesting public comment. This final rule adopts, with modifications, that IFR implementing the emergency order authority conferred on the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) by the "Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016" (PIPES Act). These regulations establish procedures for the issuance of emergency orders to address an unsafe condition or practice, or a combination of unsafe conditions or practices, that constitute or cause an imminent hazard to public health and safety or the environment. The regulations describe the duration and scope of such orders and provide a mechanism by which pipeline owners and operators subject to, and aggrieved by, emergency orders can seek administrative or judicial review.