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Pipeline Safety Updates:

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012

2025

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Feb 3	GPTC	Addendum	Gas Piping Technology Committee has released Addendum 5 to the 2022 Edition of The Guide. WinDOT subscribers have this Addendum available immediately with the latest updates to the guide material marked in Bold Green. To see a 1 minute video of how to access the GPTC Guide within WinDOT, please click this YouTube link.	Parts 191, 192

Jan 24	PHMSA	Forms	New Versions to PHMSA Forms	Parts 40, 191, 192, 194, 195, 199

Jan 17	PHMSA	Notice	USDOT Advances Rule to Modernize Gas Pipeline Methane Emissions Detection Requirements	Parts 191, 192, 193

2024

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Jun 6	PHMSA	Notice	Gas Property Damage Reporting Threshold – Part 191 Appendix A	Part 191

May 23	GPTC	Addendum	Gas Piping Technology Committee has released Addendum 4 to the 2022 Edition of The Guide. WinDOT subscribers have this Addendum available immediately with the latest updates to the guide material marked in Bold Green. To see a 1 minute video of how to access the GPTC Guide within WinDOT, please click this YouTube link.	Parts 191, 192

May 6	PHMSA	Notice	Mitigation of Ruptures on Onshore Gas Transmission and Gathering, Hazardous Liquid, and Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Segments Using Rupture-Mitigation Valves or Alternative Equivalent Technologies and Blending of Hydrogen Gas and Natural Gas within Gas Pipelines; Extension of comment period	Parts 191, 192, 195

Apr 15	PHMSA	Notice	Notice of advisory committee meeting; extension of comment period	Parts 191, 192, 193

Apr 11	PHMSA	Update	GPAC Meeting Transcripts Added	Parts 191, 192, 193

Apr 5	PHMSA	Update	GPAC Meeting Update	Parts 191, 192, 193

Mar 18	PHMSA	Notice	Meeting of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee	Parts 191, 192, 193

Feb 20	PHMSA	Notice	Meeting of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee	Parts 191, 192, 193

Jan 10	PHMSA	Forms	New Versions to PHMSA Forms	Parts 191, 195

Jan 3	PHMSA	Forms	New Versions to PHMSA Forms	Parts 40, 191, 192, 194, 195, 199

2023

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected

Dec 13	PHMSA	Forms	New Versions to PHMSA Forms	Part 191

Oct 23	GPTC	Addendum	Addendum #3 of 2022 Guide	Part 191, 192

Sep 19	PHMSA	Notice	Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting	Part 191, 192, 193

Sep 7	PHMSA	NPRM	Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Distribution Pipelines and Other Pipeline Safety Initiatives	Part 191, 192, 198

Aug 24	PHMSA	Notice	USDOT Proposes Updates to Gas Distribution Pipeline Regulations, Bolstering Safety Requirements and Strengthening Community Protections	Part 191, 192, 198

Jul 26	PHMSA	Notice	Gas Property Damage Reporting Threshold – Part 191 Appendix A	Part 191

Jun 30	PHMSA	NPRM	Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair; Extension of comment period	Part 191, 192, 193

May 18	PHMSA	NPRM	Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair	Part 191, 192, 193

May 15	PHMSA	FAQ	Correction for Onshore Gas Gathering FAQs for Type C and R Pipelines. The correction added the four FAQs to the Design Requirements section on page 6	Part 191, 192

May 9	PHMSA	FAQ	Onshore Gas Gathering FAQs for Type C and R Pipelines	Part 191, 192

May 4	PHMSA	FAQ	Second Batch of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the Final Rule titled "Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: MAOP Reconfirmation, Expansion of Assessment Requirements, and Other Related Amendments"	Part 191, 192

Feb 6	GPTC	Addendum	Addendum #2 of 2022 Guide	Part 191, 192

2022

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Oct 31	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities: Notice and request for comments	Part 191, 195

Aug 29	PHMSA	NPRM	Periodic Standards Update II	Part 191, 192, 195

July 7	PHMSA	Notice	2022 Gas property Damage Reporting Threshold Inflation Adjustment	Part 191

Jun 13	PHMSA	Final Rule	Safety of Gas Gathering Pipelines: Extension of Reporting Requirements, Regulation of Large, High-Pressure Lines, and Other Related Amendments: Technical Corrections	Part 191

May 4	PHMSA	Final Rule	Response to petition for reconsideration; enforcement discretion; technical corrections.	Part 191, 192

Mar 17	GPTC	Guide	The new 2022 Gas Transmission, Distribution, and Gathering Piping Systems Guide is now available in WinDOT and from the American Gas Association.	Part 191, 195

Mar 11	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, notice and request for comments	Part 191, 195

2021

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Mar 11	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, notice and request for comments	Part 191, 195

December 21	PHMSA, DOT	Notice	Random Drug Testing Rate; Management Information System Reporting; and Obtaining Drug and Alcohol Management Information System Sign-In Information	Part 191, 195, 199

Nov 22	PHMSA	Outline	Outline of the Gas Gathering Rule	Part 191, 192

Nov 15	PHMSA	Final Rule	Safety of Gas Gathering Pipelines: Extension of Reporting Requirements, Regulation of Large, High-Pressure Lines, and Other Related Amendments	Part 191, 192

Nov 2	PHMSA	Notice	New Federal Regulations Add More Than 400,000 Miles of “Gas Gathering” Pipelines Under Federal Oversight	Part 191, 192

Aug 11	PHMSA	Updates	PHMSA “2019 Gas Rule” Question Set - Public Use - Issue Date: July 2021	Part 191, 192

May 14	PHMSA	Notie	Notice and request for comments	Part 191

Mar 5	PHMSA	Final Rule	Withdrawal of enforcement discretion; delay of effective date	Parts 191

Jan 15	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Amendments	Parts 191, 192, 195

Jan 15	PHMSA	Notice	Frequently Asked Questions on the Gas Transmission Rule	Parts 191 and 192

Jan 12	NTSB	Synopsis	Atmos Energy Corporation Natural Gas-Fueled Explosion, Dallas TX 2018	Part 191

Jan 11	PHMSA	Final Rule	Gas Pipeline Regulatory Reform	Parts 191, 192

2020

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected

Dec 28	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities	Parts 191, 192, 195

Oct 14	PHMSA	Proposed Rule	Class Location Change Requirements	Parts 191, 192

July 23	PHMSA	Correcting Amendment	Safety of Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities; Correction	Part 191

Jul 1	ViaData	Final Rule	MEGA rule updates effective July 1, 2020 (Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines)	Parts 191, 192, 195

June 9	PHMSA	Proposed Rule	Gas Pipeline Regulatory Reform	Parts 191, 192

Apr 20	PHMSA	Proposed Rule	Pipeline Safety: Farm Taps Frequently Asked Questions - Draft and request for comments	Parts 191, 192

Feb 12	PHMSA	Final Rule	Pipeline Safety: Safety of Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities	Parts 191, 192, 195

Jan 29	PHMSA	Rule	Public Meeting on Implementing the Recently Published Gas Transmission and Hazardous Liquid Final Rules	Parts 191, 192, 195

2019

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Oct 1	PHMSA	Final Rule	Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines	Part 191, 192

2018

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Aug 9	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Revision to OPID Assignment Request and National Registry Notification	Part 191

2017

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Nov 7	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Meetings of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee and the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee	Parts 191, 192, 195

Jan 23	PHMSA	FR	Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery, Accident and Incident Notification, and Other Pipeline Safety Changes	Parts 190, 191,192, 195, 199

2016

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Dec 26	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities	Parts 191, 193, 195

Dec 19	PHMSA	IFR	Safety of Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities	Parts 191, 192

Jun 22	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Request for Revision of a Previously Approved Information Information Collection: National Pipeline Mapping System Program	Parts 191, 195

May 13	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines, Extension of Comment Period.	Part 191, 192.

Apr 8	PHMSA	NPRM	Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines	Parts 191, 192

2015

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Aug 6	PHMSA	Petition	Miscellaneous Changes to Pipeline Safety Regulations; Administrative Significance: Petitions for Reconsideration	Parts 191, 192, 195

Jul 10	PHMSA	NPRM	Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery, Accident and Incident Notification, and Other Pipeline Safety Proposed Changes; Proposed Rule	Parts 190, 191, 192, 195, 199

Jul 3	PHMSA	Notice	PHMSA releases NPRM for Operator Qualification, Accident Notification.	Parts 190, 191, 192, 195.

Apr 9	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Public Workshop on Pipeline Safety Management Systems	All

2014

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Sep 18	PHMSA	ADB	ADB-2014-04, Guidance for Pipeline Flow Reversals, Product Changes and Conversion to Service.	Parts 191, 192, 194, 195

Sep 18	PHMSA	Notice	Meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee	All

Sep 12	PHMSA	ADB	Advisory Bulletin (ADB-2014-03) Clarification regarding the notification(s) required prior to certain construction-related events.	Parts 191, 195

Aug 14	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Revision to Gas Distribution Annual Report	Part 191

Jul 30	PHMSA	Notice	Request for Revision of a Previously Approved Information Collection--National Pipeline Mapping System Program (OMB Control No. 2137-0596).	Parts 191, 192, 193, 195

Jul 01	ViaData	Updates	Updates for WinDOT subscribers, federal regulations. Added Addenda 5 and 6 to GPTC Guide in Part 192.	Coast Guard, Notices, Parts 191, 192, 195.

Jul 01	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, Revisions to Operator Identification (OPID) Assignment Request and Operator Registry Notification	Part 191, 193, 195

Jun 14	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Public Workshop on Pipeline Safety Management Systems	All operators

May 6	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Pipeline Reporting	Parts 191, 192, 195, 198.

Apr 28	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, Revision to Gas Distribution Annual Report	Part 191

Apr 1	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, Revisions to Operator Identification (OPID) Assignment Request and Operator Registry Notification	Parts 191, 193, 195

2013

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected

Nov 27	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, Revisions to Incident and Annual Reports for Gas Pipeline Operators	Part 191

Jul 7	GPTC	Update	Addendum 3 of the GPTC Guide is added to WinDOT.	Parts 191, 192

Jun 27	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, Revisions to Incident and Annual Reports for Gas Pipeline Operators	Part 191

Mar 7	PHMSA	Notice	Incident and Accident Reports, submittal of supplemental reports.	Parts 191, 195

Feb 13	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Revision to Gas Distribution Annual Report	Part 191

Jan 30	PHMSA	ADB	Accident and Incident Notification Time Limit	191, 195

Jan 26	PHMSA	Notice	Annual Reports and Validation	191, 193, 195

2012

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected

Dec 21	PHMSA	ADB	Reporting of Exceedances of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure. (ADB 2012-11)	191

Dec 13	PHMSA	Forms	Updated Gas Transmission, Gas Gathering Annual reports, extension of filing deadline. Links to reports. Website visitors use these links Annual Report Instructions	Part 191

Nov 26	PHMSA	Notice	Meeting of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee and the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee	191, 192, 193, 195

Sep 21	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, Revision to Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline Systems Annual Report, Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline Systems Incident Report, and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems Accident Report	191, 195

Jun 20	PHMSA	Notice	Notice of Public Workshop To Discuss Implementing Incorporation by Reference Requirements of Section 24 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011	All

Jun 20	PHMSA	Notice	Meetings of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC) and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC)	All

Jun 19	PHMSA	Notice	Government/Industry Pipeline Research and Development Forum, Public Meeting	All

Apr 13	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Revision to Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline Systems Annual Report, Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline Systems Incident Report, and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems Accident Report	191, 195

Mar 21	PHMSA	ADB	Pipeline Safety: Implementation of the National Registry of Pipeline and Liquefied Natural Gas Operators	191, 192, 193, 195

Feb 3	PHMSA	NPRM Extension	Miscellaneous Changes to Pipeline Safety Regulations. Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.	191, 192, 195, 198