<RULE>
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
<SUBAGY>Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration</SUBAGY>
<CFR>49 CFR Parts 192</CFR>
<DEPDOC>[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0002; Amdt. No. 192-137]</DEPDOC>
<RIN>RIN 2137-AF13</RIN>
<SUBJECT>Pipeline Safety: Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Amendments; Technical Correction</SUBJECT>
<HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD>
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT.
<HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD>
Final rule; correction.
<SUM>
<HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD>
PHMSA is issuing a technical correction to regulations promulgated in its April 29, 2024, final rule titled “Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Amendments.” The correction addresses text that was inadvertently deleted or omitted by the final rule.
</SUM>
<EFFDATE>
<HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD>
This correction is effective June 28, 2024.
</EFFDATE>
<FURINF>
<HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD>
<E T="03">Technical Information:</E>
Rod Seeley by phone at 281-513-1741 or by email at
<E T="03">rodrick.m.seeley@dot.gov.</E>
<E T="03">Regulatory Information:</E>
Brianna Wilson by phone at 771-215-0969 or by email at
<E T="03">brianna.wilson@dot.gov.</E>
</FURINF>
<SUPLINF>
<HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">I. Background and Need for Technical Correction</HD>
On April 29, 2024, PHMSA published a final rule titled “Pipeline Safety: Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Amendments,”
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which incorporates by reference all or parts of more than 20 new or updated voluntary, consensus industry technical standards. The amendments in the final rule allow pipeline operators to use current technologies, improved materials, and updated industry and management practices. Additionally, the final rule clarif
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