Pipeline Safety: Outer Continental Shelf 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 Part 195 [Docket No. PHMSA-2026-1547; Amdt. No. 195-127] RIN 2137-AG51 AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment. SUMMARY: This final rule makes an editorial correction to the requirements for pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf. DATES: This rule is effective August 3, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hill, Transportation Specialist, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 202-680-2034, angela.hill@dot.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this final rule, PHMSA is making an editorial correction to the requirements for pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Specifically, § 195.9 requires operators of pipelines on the OCS to identify the specific point at which operating responsibility transfers to a producing operator. In cases where adjoining operators have not agreed on a transfer point by September 15, 1998, § 195.9 states the Regional Director and the MMS Regional Supervisor will make a joint determination of the transfer point. The MMS, formally known as the Minerals Management Service, has since changed its name to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, or BOEMRE. PHMSA is therefore revising the text in § 195.9 to reflect this change. Regulatory Analyses and Notices A. Legal Autho…