Pipeline Safety: Integration of Innovative Remote Sensing Technologies for Right-of-Way Patrols on Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines

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 Parts 192 and 195 [Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0118] RIN 2137-AF79 AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule (DFR). SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of adverse comment, PHMSA is withdrawing the DFR titled “Integration of Innovative Remote Sensing Technologies for Right-of Way Patrols on Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines,” which published on July 1, 2025. DATES: Effective October 2, 2025, PHMSA withdraws the DFR published at 90 FR 28105 on July 1, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sayler Palabrica, Transportation Specialist, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, by phone at 202-744-0825 or by email at sayler.palabrica@dot.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to the receipt of adverse comment, PHMSA is withdrawing the DFR titled “Integration of Innovative Remote Sensing Technologies for Right-of-Way Patrols on Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines,” which published on July 1, 2025 ( 90 FR 28105 ). PHMSA stated in that DFR that if PHMSA received adverse comment by September 2, 2025, the DFR would not take effect and PHMSA would publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register . Because PHMSA subsequently received adverse comment on that DFR, PHMSA is withdrawing the DFR. In accordance with PHMSA's procedures at 49 CFR 190.339 for direct final rulemaking, t…