Rule2025-19323

Pipeline Safety: Property Damage Definition for Incident Reporting on Gas Pipelines and Accidents on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines

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Published
October 2, 2025
Effective
October 2, 2025

Issuing agencies

Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Abstract

Due to the receipt of adverse comment, PHMSA is withdrawing the DFR titled "Property Damage Definition for Incident Reporting on Gas Pipelines and Accidents on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines," which published on July 1, 2025.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 189 (Thursday, October 2, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47620-47621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19323]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 191 and 195

[Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0109]
RIN 2137-AF78


Pipeline Safety: Property Damage Definition for Incident 
Reporting on Gas Pipelines and Accidents on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule (DFR).

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SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of adverse comment, PHMSA is withdrawing 
the DFR titled ``Property Damage Definition for Incident Reporting on 
Gas Pipelines and Accidents on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines,'' which 
published on July 1, 2025.

DATES: Effective October 2, 2025, PHMSA withdraws the DFR published at 
90 FR 28050 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ef9c8e96838a9dc19f8e838e8d9d868c8eaf8b809bc1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c0f1d0510190e520c1d101d1e0e151f1d3c181308521b130a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to the receipt of adverse comment, PHMSA 
is withdrawing the DFR titled ``Property Damage Definition for Incident 
Reporting on Gas Pipelines and Accidents on Hazardous Liquid 
Pipelines,'' which published on July 1, 2025 (90 FR 28050). 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.

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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, the Administrator may incorporate 
the adverse comment into a subsequent DFR or may publish a notice of 
proposed rulemaking (NPRM). An NPRM would provide an opportunity for 
public comment and will be processed in accordance with 49 CFR 190.311 
through 190.329.

List of Subjects

49 CFR Part 191

    Natural gas, Pipeline safety, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

49 CFR Part 195

    Pipeline safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

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Accordingly, as of October 2, 2025, PHMSA withdraws the direct final 
rule amending 49 CFR Parts 191 and 195, which published at 90 FR 28050 
on July 1, 2025.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2025, under the 
authority designated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Benjamin D. Kochman,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2025-19323 Filed 10-1-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-60-P


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