# Pipeline Safety: Standards Update-ASTM F1973
> **Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration** · Direct final rule (DFR); request for comments. · Published 2025-07-01 · Effective 2026-01-01 · 90 FR 28079
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-12063
- **Category:** pipeline-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 28079
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 192
- **Publication date:** 2025-07-01
- **Effective date:** 2026-01-01
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0129
## Abstract

This DFR amends the PSRs to incorporate by reference the updated industry standard ASTM F1973, Standard Specification for Factory Assembled Anodeless Risers and Transition Fittings in Polyethylene (PE) and Polyamide 11 (PA11) and Polyamide 12 (PA12) Fuel Gas Distribution Systems. This updated standard would maintain or improve public safety, prevent regulatory confusion, reduce compliance burdens on stakeholders, and satisfy a mandate in the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) of 1995.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12063/pipeline-safety-standards-update-astm-f1973)
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