Rule2025-19327
Pipeline Safety: Standards Update-ASTM A578/A578M
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Published
October 2, 2025
Effective
January 1, 2026
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
PHMSA is confirming the effective date for the DFR that appeared in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025. The DFR amended PHMSA's regulations at 49 CFR part 192 to incorporate by reference ASTM International's updated industry standard ASTM A578/A578M, "Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Rolled Steel Plates for Special Applications."
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 189 (Thursday, October 2, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19327]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 192
[Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0127]
RIN 2137-AF96
Pipeline Safety: Standards Update--ASTM A578/A578M
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Direct final rule (DFR); confirmation of effective date.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is confirming the effective date for the DFR that
appeared in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025. The DFR amended
PHMSA's regulations at 49 CFR part 192 to incorporate by reference ASTM
International's updated industry standard ASTM A578/A578M, ``Standard
Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Rolled Steel
Plates for Special Applications.''
DATES: PHMSA confirms the effective date of January 1, 2026, for the
DFR that appeared in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025 (90 FR
28061).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brianna Wilson, Transportation
Specialist, by phone at 771-215-0969 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9dffeff4fcf3f3fcb3eaf4f1eef2f3ddf9f2e9b3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fc9e8e959d92929dd28b95908f9392bc989388d29b938a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 1, 2025 (90 FR 28061), PHMSA
published a DFR amending its regulations at 49 CFR part 192 to
incorporate by reference the 2017 edition (reapproved 2023) of ASTM
A578/A578M, ``Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic
Examination of Rolled Steel Plates for Special Applications.''
Reference to the 2017 version will replace the existing reference
within 49 CFR 192.112(c) to ASTM A578/A578M-96, ``Standard
Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Plain and
Clad Steel Plates for Special Applications,'' reapproved January 1,
2001.
PHMSA issued the DFR under the procedures set forth at 49 CFR
190.339. In accordance with those provisions, PHMSA stated in the DFR
that if no adverse comments were received, the DFR would become final
and effective on January 1, 2026. PHMSA did not receive any comments
that warranted withdrawal of the DFR; therefore, this rule will become
effective as scheduled.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2025, under the
authority designated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Benjamin D. Kochman,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2025-19327 Filed 10-1-25; 8:45 am]
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