Part 192 — Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Federal Safety Standards
Subpart A — General
- § 192.1— What is the scope of this part?
- § 192.3— Definitions.
- § 192.5— Class locations.
- § 192.7— What documents are incorporated by reference partly or wholly in this part?
- § 192.8— How are onshore gathering pipelines and regulated onshore gathering pipelines determined?
- § 192.9— What requirements apply to gathering pipelines?
- § 192.10— Outer continental shelf pipelines.
- § 192.11— Petroleum gas systems.
- § 192.12— Underground natural gas storage facilities.
- § 192.13— What general requirements apply to pipelines regulated under this part?
- § 192.14— Conversion to service subject to this part.
- § 192.15— Rules of regulatory construction.
- § 192.16— Customer notification.
- § 192.18— How to notify PHMSA.
Subpart B — Materials
Subpart C — Pipe Design
- § 192.101— Scope.
- § 192.103— General.
- § 192.105— Design formula for steel pipe.
- § 192.107— Yield strength (<em>S</em>) for steel pipe.
- § 192.109— Nominal wall thickness (<em>t</em>) for steel pipe.
- § 192.111— Design factor (<em>F</em>) for steel pipe.
- § 192.112— Additional design requirements for steel pipe using alternative maximum allowable operating pressure.
- § 192.113— Longitudinal joint factor (E) for steel pipe.
- § 192.115— Temperature derating factor (<em>T</em>) for steel pipe.
- § 192.121— Design of plastic pipe.
- § 192.125— Design of copper pipe.
- § 192.127— Records: Pipe design.
Subpart D — Design of Pipeline Components
- § 192.141— Scope.
- § 192.143— General requirements.
- § 192.144— Qualifying metallic components.
- § 192.145— Valves.
- § 192.147— Flanges and flange accessories.
- § 192.149— Standard fittings.
- § 192.150— Passage of internal inspection devices.
- § 192.151— Tapping.
- § 192.153— Components fabricated by welding.
- § 192.155— Welded branch connections.
- § 192.157— Extruded outlets.
- § 192.159— Flexibility.
- § 192.161— Supports and anchors.
- § 192.163— Compressor stations: Design and construction.
- § 192.165— Compressor stations: Liquid removal.
- § 192.167— Compressor stations: Emergency shutdown.
- § 192.169— Compressor stations: Pressure limiting devices.
- § 192.171— Compressor stations: Additional safety equipment.
- § 192.173— Compressor stations: Ventilation.
- § 192.175— Pipe-type and bottle-type holders.
- § 192.177— Additional provisions for bottle-type holders.
- § 192.179— Transmission line valves.
- § 192.181— Distribution line valves.
- § 192.183— Vaults: Structural design requirements.
- § 192.185— Vaults: Accessibility.
- § 192.187— Vaults: Sealing, venting, and ventilation.
- § 192.189— Vaults: Drainage and waterproofing.
- § 192.193— Valve installation in plastic pipe.
- § 192.195— Protection against accidental overpressuring.
- § 192.197— Control of the pressure of gas delivered from high-pressure distribution systems.
- § 192.199— Requirements for design of pressure relief and limiting devices.
- § 192.201— Required capacity of pressure relieving and limiting stations.
- § 192.203— Instrument, control, and sampling pipe and components.
- § 192.204— Risers installed after January 22, 2019.
- § 192.205— Records: Pipeline components.
Subpart E — Welding of Steel in Pipelines
- § 192.221— Scope.
- § 192.225— Welding procedures.
- § 192.227— Qualification of welders and welding operators.
- § 192.229— Limitations on welders and welding operators.
- § 192.231— Protection from weather.
- § 192.233— Miter joints.
- § 192.235— Preparation for welding.
- § 192.241— Inspection and test of welds.
- § 192.243— Nondestructive testing.
- § 192.245— Repair or removal of defects.
Subpart F — Joining of Materials Other Than by Welding
Subpart G — General Construction Requirements for Transmission Lines and Mains
- § 192.301— Scope.
- § 192.303— Compliance with specifications or standards.
- § 192.305— Inspection: General.
- § 192.307— Inspection of materials.
- § 192.309— Repair of steel pipe.
- § 192.311— Repair of plastic pipe.
- § 192.313— Bends and elbows.
- § 192.315— Wrinkle bends in steel pipe.
- § 192.317— Protection from hazards.
- § 192.319— Installation of pipe in a ditch.
- § 192.321— Installation of plastic pipe.
- § 192.323— Casing.
- § 192.325— Underground clearance.
- § 192.327— Cover.
- § 192.328— Additional construction requirements for steel pipe using alternative maximum allowable operating pressure.
- § 192.329— Installation of plastic pipelines by trenchless excavation.
Subpart H — Customer Meters, Service Regulators, and Service Lines
- § 192.351— Scope.
- § 192.353— Customer meters and regulators: Location.
- § 192.355— Customer meters and regulators: Protection from damage.
- § 192.357— Customer meters and regulators: Installation.
- § 192.359— Customer meter installations: Operating pressure.
- § 192.361— Service lines: Installation.
- § 192.363— Service lines: Valve requirements.
- § 192.365— Service lines: Location of valves.
- § 192.367— Service lines: General requirements for connections to main piping.
- § 192.369— Service lines: Connections to cast iron or ductile iron mains.
- § 192.371— Service lines: Steel.
- § 192.373— Service lines: Cast iron and ductile iron.
- § 192.375— Service lines: Plastic.
- § 192.376— Installation of plastic service lines by trenchless excavation.
- § 192.377— Service lines: Copper.
- § 192.379— New service lines not in use.
- § 192.381— Service lines: Excess flow valve performance standards.
- § 192.383— Excess flow valve installation.
- § 192.385— Manual service line shut-off valve installation.
Subpart I — Requirements for Corrosion Control
- § 192.451— Scope.
- § 192.452— How does this subpart apply to converted pipelines and regulated onshore gathering pipelines?
- § 192.453— General.
- § 192.455— External corrosion control: Buried or submerged pipelines installed after July 31, 1971.
- § 192.457— External corrosion control: Buried or submerged pipelines installed before August 1, 1971.
- § 192.459— External corrosion control: Examination of buried pipeline when exposed.
- § 192.461— External corrosion control: Protective coating.
- § 192.463— External corrosion control: Cathodic protection.
- § 192.465— External corrosion control: Monitoring and remediation.
- § 192.467— External corrosion control: Electrical isolation.
- § 192.469— External corrosion control: Test stations.
- § 192.471— External corrosion control: Test leads.
- § 192.473— External corrosion control: Interference currents.
- § 192.475— Internal corrosion control: General.
- § 192.476— Internal corrosion control: Design and construction of transmission line.
- § 192.477— Internal corrosion control: Monitoring.
- § 192.479— Atmospheric corrosion control: General.
- § 192.481— Atmospheric corrosion control: Monitoring.
- § 192.483— Remedial measures: General.
- § 192.485— Remedial measures: Transmission lines.
- § 192.487— Remedial measures: Distribution lines other than cast iron or ductile iron lines.
- § 192.489— Remedial measures: Cast iron and ductile iron pipelines.
- § 192.490— Direct assessment.
- § 192.491— Corrosion control records.
- § 192.493— In-line inspection of pipelines.
Subpart J — Test Requirements
- § 192.501— Scope.
- § 192.503— General requirements.
- § 192.505— Strength test requirements for steel pipeline to operate at a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SMYS.
- § 192.506— Transmission lines: Spike hydrostatic pressure test.
- § 192.507— Test requirements for pipelines to operate at a hoop stress less than 30 percent of SMYS and at or above 100 p.s.i. (689 kPa) gage.
- § 192.509— Test requirements for pipelines to operate below 100 p.s.i. (689 kPa) gage.
- § 192.511— Test requirements for service lines.
- § 192.513— Test requirements for plastic pipelines.
- § 192.515— Environmental protection and safety requirements.
- § 192.517— Records.
Subpart K — Uprating
- § 192.551— Scope.
- § 192.553— General requirements.
- § 192.555— Uprating to a pressure that will produce a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SMYS in steel pipelines.
- § 192.557— Uprating: Steel pipelines to a pressure that will produce a hoop stress less than 30 percent of SMYS: plastic, cast iron, and ductile iron pipelines.
Subpart L — Operations
- § 192.601— Scope.
- § 192.603— General provisions.
- § 192.605— Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.
- § 192.607— Verification of Pipeline Material Properties and Attributes: Onshore steel transmission pipelines.
- § 192.609— Change in class location: Required study.
- § 192.610— Change in class location: Change in valve spacing.
- § 192.611— Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating pressure.
- § 192.612— Underwater inspection and reburial of pipelines in the Gulf of America and its inlets.
- § 192.613— Continuing surveillance.
- § 192.614— Damage prevention program.
- § 192.615— Emergency plans.
- § 192.616— Public awareness.
- § 192.617— Investigation of failures and incidents.
- § 192.619— Maximum allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines.
- § 192.620— Alternative maximum allowable operating pressure for certain steel pipelines.
- § 192.621— Maximum allowable operating pressure: High-pressure distribution systems.
- § 192.623— Maximum and minimum allowable operating pressure; Low-pressure distribution systems.
- § 192.624— Maximum allowable operating pressure reconfirmation: Onshore steel transmission pipelines.
- § 192.625— Odorization of gas.
- § 192.627— Tapping pipelines under pressure.
- § 192.629— Purging of pipelines.
- § 192.631— Control room management.
- § 192.632— Engineering Critical Assessment for Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure Reconfirmation: Onshore steel transmission pipelines.
- § 192.634— Transmission lines: Onshore valve shut-off for rupture mitigation.
- § 192.635— Notification of potential rupture.
- § 192.636— Transmission lines: Response to a rupture; capabilities of rupture-mitigation valves (RMVs) or alternative equivalent technologies.
Subpart M — Maintenance
- § 192.701— Scope.
- § 192.703— General.
- § 192.705— Transmission lines: Patrolling.
- § 192.706— Transmission lines: Leakage surveys.
- § 192.707— Line markers for mains and transmission lines.
- § 192.709— Transmission lines: Record keeping.
- § 192.710— Transmission lines: Assessments outside of high consequence areas.
- § 192.711— Transmission lines: General requirements for repair procedures.
- § 192.712— Analysis of predicted failure pressure and critical strain level.
- § 192.713— Transmission lines: Permanent field repair of imperfections and damages.
- § 192.714— Transmission lines: Repair criteria for onshore transmission pipelines.
- § 192.715— Transmission lines: Permanent field repair of welds.
- § 192.717— Transmission lines: Permanent field repair of leaks.
- § 192.719— Transmission lines: Testing of repairs.
- § 192.720— Distribution systems: Leak repair.
- § 192.721— Distribution systems: Patrolling.
- § 192.723— Distribution systems: Leakage surveys.
- § 192.725— Test requirements for reinstating service lines.
- § 192.727— Abandonment or deactivation of facilities.
- § 192.731— Compressor stations: Inspection and testing of relief devices.
- § 192.735— Compressor stations: Storage of combustible materials.
- § 192.736— Compressor stations: Gas detection.
- § 192.739— Pressure limiting and regulating stations: Inspection and testing.
- § 192.740— Pressure regulating, limiting, and overpressure protection—Individual service lines directly connected to regulated gathering or transmission pipelines.
- § 192.741— Pressure limiting and regulating stations: Telemetering or recording gauges.
- § 192.743— Pressure limiting and regulating stations: Capacity of relief devices.
- § 192.745— Valve maintenance: Transmission lines.
- § 192.747— Valve maintenance: Distribution systems.
- § 192.749— Vault maintenance.
- § 192.750— Launcher and receiver safety.
- § 192.751— Prevention of accidental ignition.
- § 192.753— Caulked bell and spigot joints.
- § 192.755— Protecting cast-iron pipelines.
- § 192.756— Joining plastic pipe by heat fusion; equipment maintenance and calibration.
Subpart N — Qualification of Pipeline Personnel
Subpart O — Gas Transmission Pipeline Integrity Management
- § 192.901— What do the regulations in this subpart cover?
- § 192.903— What definitions apply to this subpart?
- § 192.905— How does an operator identify a high consequence area?
- § 192.907— What must an operator do to implement this subpart?
- § 192.909— How can an operator change its integrity management program?
- § 192.911— What are the elements of an integrity management program?
- § 192.913— When may an operator deviate its program from certain requirements of this subpart?
- § 192.915— What knowledge and training must personnel have to carry out an integrity management program?
- § 192.917— How does an operator identify potential threats to pipeline integrity and use the threat identification in its integrity program?
- § 192.919— What must be in the baseline assessment plan?
- § 192.921— How is the baseline assessment to be conducted?
- § 192.923— How is direct assessment used and for what threats?
- § 192.925— What are the requirements for using External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA)?
- § 192.927— What are the requirements for using Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment (ICDA)?
- § 192.929— What are the requirements for using Direct Assessment for Stress Corrosion Cracking?
- § 192.931— How may Confirmatory Direct Assessment (CDA) be used?
- § 192.933— What actions must be taken to address integrity issues?
- § 192.935— What additional preventive and mitigative measures must an operator take?
- § 192.937— What is a continual process of evaluation and assessment to maintain a pipeline's integrity?
- § 192.939— What are the required reassessment intervals?
- § 192.941— What is a low stress reassessment?
- § 192.943— When can an operator deviate from these reassessment intervals?
- § 192.945— What methods must an operator use to measure program effectiveness?
- § 192.947— What records must an operator keep?
- § 192.951— Where does an operator file a report?
Subpart P — Gas Distribution Pipeline Integrity Management (IM)
- § 192.1001— What definitions apply to this subpart?
- § 192.1003— What do the regulations in this subpart cover?
- § 192.1005— What must a gas distribution operator (other than a small LPG operator) do to implement this subpart?
- § 192.1007— What are the required elements of an integrity management plan?
- § 192.1011— What records must an operator keep?
- § 192.1013— When may an operator deviate from required periodic inspections under this part?
- § 192.1015— What must a small LPG operator do to implement this subpart?