Pipeline Safety: Property Damage Definition for Incident Reporting on Gas Pipelines and Accidents on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
pipeline-safety · Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration · Published 2025-07-01 · Effective 2025-10-09 · 90 FR 28050
Document
Document number
2025-12113
Federal Register citation
90 FR 28050
CFR reference
49 CFR 191
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule (DFR); request for comments.
Category
pipeline-safety
Sub-agency
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Publication date
2025-07-01
Effective date
2025-10-09
DOT docket
Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0109
Abstract
This DFR revises the property damage threshold for determining when a release from a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility meets the definition of a reportable incident or accident. This change clarifies that certain indirect impacts associated with investigating and repairing a release do not contribute to that threshold. This DFR also adopts an inflation adjusted property damage threshold for reporting hazardous liquid pipeline accidents identical to the one previously adopted for reporting gas pipeline incidents.