Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Gathering Pipelines: Extension of Reporting Requirements, Regulation of Large, High-Pressure Lines, and Other Related Amendments: Response to a Petition for Reconsideration; Technical Corrections; Issuance of Limited Enforcement Discretion
pipeline-safety · Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration · Published 2022-05-04 · Effective 2022-05-16 · 87 FR 26296
Document
Document number
2022-09474
Federal Register citation
87 FR 26296
CFR reference
49 CFR 191
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; response to petition for reconsideration; enforcement discretion; technical corrections.
Category
pipeline-safety
Sub-agency
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Publication date
2022-05-04
Effective date
2022-05-16
DOT docket
Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0023
Abstract
PHMSA is alerting the public to its April 1, 2022, response denying a petition for reconsideration of the final rule titled "Safety of Gas Gathering Pipelines: Extension of Reporting Requirements, Regulation of Large, High-Pressure Lines, and Other Related Amendments." This final rule also makes clarifications and two technical corrections to that rulemaking. Lastly, this final rule memorializes a limited enforcement discretion in connection with that rulemaking's amendment of the regulatory definition of "incidental gathering."