# Pipeline Safety: Standards Update-ASTM A578/A578M
> **Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration** · Direct final rule (DFR); confirmation of effective date. · Published 2025-10-02 · Effective 2026-01-01 · 90 FR 47624
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-19327
- **Category:** pipeline-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 47624
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 192
- **Publication date:** 2025-10-02
- **Effective date:** 2026-01-01
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0127
## Abstract

PHMSA is confirming the effective date for the DFR that appeared in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025. The DFR amended PHMSA's regulations at 49 CFR part 192 to incorporate by reference ASTM International's updated industry standard ASTM A578/A578M, "Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Rolled Steel Plates for Special Applications."

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19327/pipeline-safety-standards-update-astm-a578a578m)
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