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Pipeline Safety Updates:

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

2025

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Apr 12	PHMSA	CAO	USDOT Issues Corrective Action Order for Keystone Pipeline Spill	Part 195

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

Jan 22	PHMSA	Notice	Withdrawal of LDAR and CO2 Rules	Parts 190, 192, 195, 196, 198

Jan 15	PHMSA	Notice	USDOT Proposes New Rule to Strengthen Safety Requirements for Carbon Dioxide Pipelines	Parts 190, 195, 196, 198

2024

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Dec 30	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comments	Parts 192, 193, 195

Nov 18	PHMSA	Notice	Identification and Evaluation of Potential Hard Spots-In-Line Inspection Tools and Analysis	Parts 192, 195

Oct 12	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comments	Parts 192, 193, 194, 195

Jun 21	PHMSA	Notice	Notice of Limited Enforcement Discretion Regarding the Final Rule Titled "Pipeline Safety: Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Amendments"	Parts 192, 195

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 29	PHMSA	Final Rule	Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Amendments	Parts 192, 195

Mar 22	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities	Parts 192, 195

Mar 5	PHMSA	Notice	PHMSA Pipeline Annual Report Changes for Calendar Year 2024 (reports submitted in 2025)	Part 195

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
Aug 2	PHMSA	Notice	HL Integrity Assurance Notifications	Part 195

Aug 2	PHMSA	Notice	GT Integrity Assurance Notifications	Part 192, 195

Aug 1	PHMSA	Correction	Pipeline Safety: Requirement of Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards: Technical Corrections	Part 192, 195

Jun 26	PHMSA	FAQ	Public Awareness Program	Part 192, 195

Jun 13	PHMSA	Forms	New Versions to PHMSA Forms	Part 195

May 19	PHMSA	Notice	Decision from US Court of Appeals for the District Court of Columbia Circuit Re: GPA Midstream Association and American Petroleum Institute vs. PHMSA. Decided May 16, 2023	Part 192, 195

Apr 27	PHMSA	Interp	Company Name: Integrity Plus - "Application of certain exceptions under §195.1(b) to your pipeline facility" (WinDOT Subscribers: See this interpretation in WinDOT by navigating to 195.1 and clicking on April 17, 23 in the interpretations at the top of this code section.)	Part 195

Apr 20	PHMSA	Notice	Notice of public meeting and webcast	Part 195

2022

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Nov 23	PHMSA	FAQ	Temporary Repair and Permanent Repair FAQs	Part 192, 195

Oct 31	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities: Notice and request for comments	Part 191, 195

Oct 25	PHMSA	Notice	Limited Enforcement Discretion	Part 195

Aug 31	CSB	Notice	Chemical Safety Board releases guidance for 40 CFR Part 1604, Reporting of Accidental Releases	Part 192, 195

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

Aug 15	PHMSA	Notice	National Pipeline Mapping System Information Collection Request for Comments	Part 192, 195

Jun 2	PHMSA	ADB	Potential for Damage to Pipeline Facilities Caused by Earth Movement and Other Geological Hazards	Part 192, 195

May 26	DOT	Notice	PHMSA Announces New Safety Measures to Protect Americans From Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Failures After Satartia, MS Leak	Part 192, 195

Apr 14	PHMSA	FAQ	PHMSA Notice of Enforcement Discretion Regarding Interim Final Rule for Pipeline Safety: Unusually Sensitive Areas for the Great Lakes, Coastal Beaches, and Certain Coastal Waters	Part 195

Apr 8	PHMSA	Final Rule	Requirement of Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards	Part 192, 195

Mar 31	PHMSA	Final Rule	Amendments to Parts 192 and 195 to Require Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards.	Part 192, 195

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

Feb 2	PHMSA	Notice	Plan to review and process Pipeline Safety Enhancement Program requests from pipeline owners and operators	Parts 190, 192, 195

Jan 28	PHMSA	FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Operator Qualifications	Parts 192, 195

2021

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Dec 27	PHMSA, DOT	Interim Final Rule	Unusually Sensitive Areas for the Great Lakes, Coastal Beaches, and Certain Coastal Waters	Part 195

Dec 21	DOT	OMB Review of Final Rule	Pipeline Safety: Amendments to Parts 192 and 195 to require Valve installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards.	Part 192, 195

Dec 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

Dec 16	DOT	Notice of Interim Final Rule	Unusually Sensitive Areas for the Great Lakes, Coastal Beaches, and Certain Coastal Waters.	Part 195

July 8	PHMSA	Notice	Frequently Asked Questions on 911 Notifications Following Possible Pipeline Ruptures	Parts 192, 195

June 10	PHMSA	Notice	Advisory Bulletin: ADB-2021-01 Issuance of advisory bulletin: Statutory Mandate to Update Inspection and Maintenance Plans to Address Eliminating Hazardous Leaks and Minimizing Releases of Natural Gas from Pipeline Facilities.	Part 192, 193, 195

June 7	PHMSA	Press Release	Issuance of advisory bulletin: Statutory Mandate to Update Inspection and Maintenance Plans to Address Eliminating Hazardous Leaks and Minimizing Releases of Natural Gas from Pipeline Facilities.	Part 192, 193, 195

May 29	TSA	Notice	Security Directive for Enhancing Pipeline Cybersecurity	Part 192, 193, 195

May 29	TSA	Update	Updated Pipeline Security Guidelines	Part 192, 193, 195

May 26	PHMSA	Notice	Termination of COVID Stay of Enforcement Discretion, Effective May 26, 2021	Part 192, 193, 195, 199

May 25	PHMSA	Notice	Notice and request for comments	Part 192, 195, 199

May 25	PHMSA	Notice	Notice of a request for special permit by Buckeye Partners, LP	Part 195

Feb 16	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, notice and request for comments	Part 192, 195, 40, 199

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

Jan 15	PHMSA	Notice	Operator Qualification Frequently Asked Questions	Part 192 and 195

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

Dec 24	PHMSA	FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the Pipeline Safety: Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Final Rule	Part 195

Dec 16	PHMSA	Proposed Rule	Midstream Facilities Frequently Asked Questions	Part 192, 195

Nov 5	PHMSA	Notice	Midstream Facilities Frequently Asked Questions	Part 192, 195

Jul 1	ViaData	Final Rule	MEGA rule updates effective July 1, 2020 (Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines)	Part 191, 192, 195

Jun 22	PHMSA	Notice	Meeting of the Gas and Liquid Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees	Part 192, 195

Apr 16	PHMSA	Proposed Rules	Pipeline Safety: Regulatory Reform for Hazardous Liquid Pipelines	Part 190, 194, 195

Mar 9	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, Revisions to Hazardous Liquid Accident Report	Part 195

Feb 28	PHMSA	FAQ	Draft FAQs for Gas and Hazardous Liquid Rules	Part 192, 195

Feb 6	PHMSA	Proposed Rules	Pipeline Safety: Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards	Part 192 and 195

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

2020

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected

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

Dec 24	PHMSA	FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the Pipeline Safety: Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Final Rule	Part 195

Dec 16	PHMSA	Proposed Rule	Midstream Facilities Frequently Asked Questions	Parts 192, 195

Nov 5	PHMSA	Notice	Midstream Facilities Frequently Asked Questions	Parts 192, 195

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

Jun 22	PHMSA	Notice	Meeting of the Gas and Liquid Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees	Parts 192, 195

Apr 16	PHMSA	Proposed Rules	Pipeline Safety: Regulatory Reform for Hazardous Liquid Pipelines	Parts 190, 194, 195

Mar 9	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, Revisions to Hazardous Liquid Accident Report	Part 195

Feb 28	PHMSA	FAQ	Draft FAQs for Gas and Hazardous Liquid Rules	Parts 192, 195

Feb 6	PHMSA	Proposed Rules	Pipeline Safety: Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards	Parts 192 and 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 23	PHMSA	Notice	Meeting of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee and Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee	Parts 192, 195

Oct 1	PHMSA	Final Rule	Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines	Part 195

Aug 23	PHMSA	Notice	Request for Special Permit Colonial Pipeline Company

May 28	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Public Meeting on Unusually Sensitive Area Definitions and Pipeline Awareness and Engagement	Part 195

May 2	PHMSA	Notice, ADB	Potential for Damage to Pipeline Facilities Caused by Earth Movement and Other Geological Hazards	Parfts 192, 195

May 2	PHMSA	Notice	Stay of Enforcement on API 5L	Parts 192, 195

Apr 19	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Gas and Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certification	Parts 192, 194, 195

Mar 22	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities--Request for Extension of Existing Information Collections	Parts 192, 193, 195

Feb 11	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities	Parts 192, 194, 195

2018

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Oct 22	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities; Revision of the Hazardous Liquid Annual Report	Part 195

Oct 15	PHMSA	Notice	Request for Special Permit; Hilcorp Alaska, LLC	Part 195

Aug 30	PHMSA	Notice	Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Risk Models, request for comments; extension of comment period.	Parts 192, 195

Aug 16	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Risk Models	Parts 192, 195

Jul 17	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, Revision of the Hazardous Liquid Annual Report	Part 195

June 7	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities	Parts 192, 193, 195

May 25	PHMSA	Notice	Request for Special Permit--Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.	Part 195

May 17	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities	Parts 192, 195

Mar 26	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities	Parts 192, 193, 195

Mar 6	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities	Parts 192, 195

Mar 6	PHMSA	Update	PHMSA Updates Liquid Gathering Line Jurisdictional Drawing	Part 195

Jan 27	PHMSA	FAQ	Farm Tap FAQs	Part 192

Jan 27	PHMSA	FAQ	Control Room Management FAQs	Parts 192, 195

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

Oct 16	PHMSA	Notice	Public meeting to discuss applicable definitions and available geospatial information system (GIS) data sources for marine coastal waters, coastal beaches and the Great Lakes, pertaining to Coastal Ecological Unusually Sensitive Areas (USA).	Part 195

Aug 17	PHMSA	Notice	Meetings of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee and the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee	Parts 192, 195

Aug 15	PHMSA	Notice	Requests for Special Permit, Notice and extension of comment period	Parts 192, 195

Apr 6	Notice	PHMSA	Request for Special Permit; City of Bangor, Maine	Part 195

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

Jan 13	PHMSA	FR	PHMSA Releases Hazardous Liquid Final Rule	Part 195

2016

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

Dec 9	PHMSA	ADB	Safeguarding and Securing Pipelines From Unauthorized Access	Parts 192, 195

Sep 12	PHMSA	Notice	Special Permit Requests	Parts 192, 193, 195

Aug 31	PHMSA	Notice	Hazardous Liquid Integrity Management (HL IM)	Part 195

Aug 16	PHMSA	ADB	Clarification of Terms Relating to Pipeline Operational Status	Parts 192, 195

Aug 8	PHMSA	Notice	Information collection notice: Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas for Operators of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines	Part 195

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

Jun 21	PHMSA	ADB	Advisory Bulletin (ADB-2016-04): Ineffective Protection, Detection, and Mitigation of Corrosion Resulting From Insulated Coatings on Buried Pipelines	Parts 192, 195

Jun 10	PHMSA	Notice	Public Workshop on Public Awareness	Parts 192, 195.

May 11	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Gas Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee and the Liquid Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee	Parts 192, 195.

May 3	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit	Part 195

Mar 9	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities	Part 195

Jan 18	PHMSA	ADB	Pipeline Safety: Potential for Damage to Pipeline Facilities Caused by Flooding, River Scour, and River Channel Migration	Parts 192, 194, 195.

Jan 15	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities	Parts 192, 195.

Jan 8	PHMSA	Notice	Notice of Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee meeting.	Part 195

2015

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected
Dec 24	PHMSA	Notice	Request for Special Permit	Part 195

Oct 26	PHMSA	Notice	National Pipeline Mapping System; Extension of Comment Period and Notice of Operator Workshop	Part 192, 195

Oct 13	PHMSA	NPRM	Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines	Part 195

Oct 5	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities	Parts 192, 195

Aug 27	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Request for Revision of a Previously Approved Information Collection: National Pipeline Mapping System Program (OMB Control No. 2137-0596)	Parts 192, 195.

Aug 14	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Public Workshop on Hazardous Liquid Integrity Verification Process	Part 195

Aug 13	PHMSA	Notice	PHMSA Pipeline Risk Modeling Methodologies Public Workshop	Parts 192, 195.

Aug 6	PHMSA	Correction	Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Amendments; Corrections	Parts 192, 193, 195.

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.

Jul 2	PHMSA	Notice	Call for abstracts; preliminary notice of public workshop.	Parts 192, 195.

May 28	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities, Renewal of Annual Report for Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems	Part 195

Apr 29	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities: PHMSA F 7000-1 Accident Report--Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems.	Part 195

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

Feb 4	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities: PHMSA F 7000-1 Accident Report--Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems.	Part 195

Feb 2	PHMSA		Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities	Parts, 192, 195

Jan 23	PHMSA	Notice	Information Collection Activities: LNG and OQ	Part 193 (LNG), Parts 192, 193, 195 (OQ)

Jan 12	ViaData	Update	WinDOT Subscribers: Updated code parts as described in the January 5 Final Rule, Amdt. Nos. 192-119; 193-25; 195-99; 198-6; 199-26 Added GPTC Guide Addendum 7.	Parts 192, 193, 195, 198, 199

Jan 5	PHMSA	FR	Pipeline Safety: Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Amendments	Parts 192, 193, 195, 198, 199

2014

Date	Agency	Type	Description	Parts Affected

Nov 17	PHMSA	Guidance	PHMSA document: Guidance for Pipeline Flow Reversals, Product Changes and Conversion to Service. See link in ADB-2014-04.	Parts 192, 195

Nov 3	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: National Pipeline Mapping System Public Meeting	Parts 192, 195

Oct 18	ViaData	Updates	Updates to WinDOT for subscribers. Added interpretations, notices, general information. See updates link on home page for each code part.	Parts 40, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 199, Central Region

Oct 15	PHMSA	ADB	Pipeline Safety: Guidance for Strengthening Pipeline Safety Through Rigorous Program Evaluation and Meaningful Metrics	Parts 192, 195

Sep 30	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Request for Revision of a Previously Approved Information Collection: National Pipeline Mapping System Program	Parts 192, 195.

Sep 23	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Public Awareness Program.	Parts 192, 195.

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

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 26	PHMSA	Notice	Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Pipeline Safety: Public Awareness Program.	Parts 192, 193, 195.

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

May 6	PHMSA	ADB	Advisory Bulletin (ADB-2014-02) Pipeline Safety: Lessons Learned From the Release at Marshall, Michigan	Parts 192, 195.

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