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Rule2025-19342

Pipeline Safety: Standards Update-API STD 620

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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 to incorporate by reference the updated industry standard American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard (STD) 620, "Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage Tanks."

Indexed from Federal Register on October 2, 2025.

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