# Pipeline Safety: Standards Update-NFPA 70
> **Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration** · Direct final rule (DFR); request for comments. · Published 2025-07-01 · Effective 2026-01-01 · 90 FR 28072
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-12080
- **Category:** pipeline-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 28072
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 192
- **Publication date:** 2025-07-01
- **Effective date:** 2026-01-01
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0130
## Abstract

This DFR amends PHMSA's pipeline safety regulations to incorporate by reference the updated industry standard National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70, National Electrical Code (NEC). This updated standard will 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/2025/07/01/2025-12080/pipeline-safety-standards-update-nfpa-70)
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