Pipeline Safety: Standards Update-MSS SP-75

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-2026-1532] RIN 2137-AG36 ( printed page 48307) AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Direct final rule (DFR); confirmation of effective date. SUMMARY: PHMSA is confirming the effective date for a DFR published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2026. The DFR amended PHMSA's regulations at 49 CFR part 195 to incorporate by reference the updated industry standard MSS SP-75, High-Strength, Wrought, Butt-Welding Fittings. DATES: The effective date of the DFR is January 1, 2027. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brianna Wilson, Transportation Specialist, by phone at 771-215-0969 or by email at brianna.wilson@dot.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 24, 2026, PHMSA published a DFR titled “Pipeline Safety: Standards Update—MSS SP-75” ( 91 FR 22043 ). The DFR amended regulations at 49 CFR part 195 to incorporate the 2025 edition of MSS SP-75 High Strength, Wrought, Butt-Welding Fittings (MSS SP-75) by reference. Reference to the 2025 edition of MSS SP-75 will replace existing references within § 195.118(a) to MSS SP-75-2019 Standard Practice, High Strength, Wrought, Butt-Welding Fittings, published December 2019. PHMSA issued the DFR under the procedures set forth at 49 CFR 190.339 . In accordance with those procedures, PHMSA stated in the DFR that if no a…