Pipeline Safety: Requirement of Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards: Response to Petition for Reconsideration; Additional Technical Corrections

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 192 [Docket No. PHMSA-2013-0255; Amdt. No. 192-136] RIN 2137-AF06 AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Correction amendments; response to petition for reconsideration. SUMMARY: In response to a Petition for Reconsideration of an August 1, 2023, technical correction rule, PHMSA is issuing additional corrections codifying a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) regarding the final rule titled “Pipeline Safety: Requirement of Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards.” DATES: These amendments are effective as of June 28, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Jagger, Senior Transportation Specialist, by email at robert.jagger@dot.gov , or by telephone at 202-366-4361. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 8, 2022, PHMSA published a final rule titled “Pipeline Safety: Requirement of Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards”  [ 1 ] (Valve Rule) amending the Federal pipeline safety regulations ( 49 CFR parts 190 through 199 ) to, among other provisions, require the installation of rupture-mitigation valves (RMV) or alternative equivalent technologies and establish minimum performance standards for the operation of those valves to mitigate the public safety and ( printed page 53878) environ…