🛢️EcoEléctrica Seeks Special Permit for Pipeline Safety Exemption
PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a special permit application filed by EcoEl[eacute]ctrica, L.P. (EcoEl[eacute]ctrica). The application asks PHMSA to waive certain requirements in Federal pipeline safety regulations that apply to liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities. PHMSA will review the comments received in deciding whether to grant or deny the application.
Learn More🛢️Nominations Open for Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees
The Department solicits nominations for membership to serve on the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC), and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC). GPAC and LPAC are Federal advisory committees that review and provide recommendations on standards affecting pipeline safety.
Learn More🛢️Special Permit Request for Pipeline Safety by Florida Gas Transmission
PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for two special permit segment extensions and one new special permit segment submitted by Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC (FGT), a subsidiary of Energy Transfer and Kinder Morgan, Inc. FGT is seeking relief from compliance with certain requirements in the Federal pipeline safety regulations. At the conclusion of the 30-day comment period, PHMSA will review the comments received from this notice as part of its evaluation to grant or deny the special permit request.
Learn More🚧Business Implications of the Pipeline Safety Standards Update
PHMSA is amending the Federal pipeline safety regulations to incorporate by reference all or parts of 19 updated industry standards. PHMSA is also clarifying certain regulatory provisions and making several editorial corrections.
Learn More🛢️PHMSA Pipeline Safety
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the information collection request abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. PHMSA plans to revise the instructions for Form PHMSA F 7100.2 INCIDENT REPORT--GAS TRANSMISSION, GAS GATHERING, AND UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE FACILITIES to provide clarity on reporting the intentional release of gas through relief valves and emergency shutdown devices. A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this information collection revision was published on December 17, 2020.
Learn More🚧Pipeline Safety
PHMSA published a final rule containing a technical correction clarifying the applicability of the requirements for reconfirming the maximum allowable operating pressure of certain gas transmission lines. PHMSA received a petition for reconsideration of the final rule and is providing the public with the opportunity to submit comments on the technical correction and petition for reconsideration.
Learn More🛢️Pipeline Safety
This notice announces a public meeting to discuss how data collected from pipeline operators can be used to improve pipeline and public safety. Discussion topics include how data collected by PHMSA is currently used by stakeholders, displayed on the PHMSA website, and used to generate pipeline safety performance measures. PHMSA is also interested in identifying data that is collected but not used by any stakeholders, as well as data that should be collected but is not. The meeting will be recorded but there will not be a live webcast.
Learn More🛢️Pipeline Safety Information Collection Activities
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the two information collection requests abstracted below are being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the information collections was published on May 7, 2025.
Learn More⛽PHMSA Seeks Comments on Pipeline Safety Information Collection Renewals
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, PHMSA invites public comments on PHMSA's intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew twelve information collections that are scheduled to expire in 2026. PHMSA has reviewed each information collection and considers them vital to maintaining pipeline safety. As such, PHMSA will request renewal from OMB, without change, for each information collection.
Learn More🛢️Pipeline Safety Standards Update
This DFR amends PHMSA's regulations to incorporate by reference the updated industry standard API RP 2026, Safe Access/Egress Involving Floating Roofs of Storage Tanks in Petroleum Service. 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.
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