# Pipeline Safety: Unusually Sensitive Areas for the Great Lakes, Coastal Beaches, and Certain Coastal Waters
> **Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration** · Interim final rule. · Published 2021-12-27 · Effective 2022-02-25 · 86 FR 73173
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-27751
- **Category:** pipeline-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 73173
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 195
- **Publication date:** 2021-12-27
- **Effective date:** 2022-02-25
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. PHMSA-2017-0152
## Abstract

PHMSA is amending the pipeline safety regulations to explicitly state that certain coastal waters, the Great Lakes, and coastal beaches are classified as unusually sensitive areas for the purpose of compliance with the hazardous liquid integrity management regulations. This amendment implements mandates contained in the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2016, as amended by the PIPES Act of 2020. A hazardous liquid pipeline that could affect these newly designated areas must be included in an operator's integrity management program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/27/2021-27751/pipeline-safety-unusually-sensitive-areas-for-the-great-lakes-coastal-beaches-and-certain-coastal)
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