Part 192 — Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Federal Safety Standards
Current through Sep 25, 2026
Authority: 30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60101 et. seq., and 49 CFR 1.97.
Source: 35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, unless otherwise noted.
Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 192 appear at 71 FR 33406, June 9, 2006.
Sections
- § 192.1 What is the scope of this part?
- § 192.3 Definitions.
- § 192.5 Class locations.
- § 192.7 What documents are incorporated by reference partly or wholly in this part?
- § 192.8 How are onshore gathering pipelines and regulated onshore gathering pipelines determined?
- § 192.9 What requirements apply to gathering pipelines?
- § 192.10 Outer continental shelf pipelines.
- § 192.11 Petroleum gas systems.
- § 192.12 Underground natural gas storage facilities.
- § 192.13 What general requirements apply to pipelines regulated under this part?
- § 192.14 Conversion to service subject to this part.
- § 192.15 Rules of regulatory construction.
- § 192.16 Customer notification.
- § 192.18 How to notify PHMSA.
- § 192.51 Scope.
- § 192.53 General.
- § 192.55 Steel pipe.
- § 192.57 [Reserved]
- § 192.59 Plastic pipe.
- § 192.61 [Reserved]
- § 192.63 Marking of materials.
- § 192.65 Transportation of pipe.
- § 192.67 Records: Material properties.
- § 192.69 Storage and handling of plastic pipe and associated components.
- § 192.101 Scope.
- § 192.103 General.
- § 192.105 Design formula for steel pipe.
- § 192.107 Yield strength (S) for steel pipe.
- § 192.109 Nominal wall thickness (t) for steel pipe.
- § 192.111 Design factor (F) for steel pipe.
- § 192.112 Additional design requirements for steel pipe using alternative maximum allowable operating pressure.
- § 192.113 Longitudinal joint factor (E) for steel pipe.
- § 192.115 Temperature derating factor (T) for steel pipe.
- §§ 192.117-192.119 [Reserved]
- § 192.121 Design of plastic pipe.
- § 192.123 [Reserved]
- § 192.125 Design of copper pipe.
- § 192.127 Records: Pipe design.
- § 192.141 Scope.
- § 192.143 General requirements.
- § 192.144 Qualifying metallic components.
- § 192.145 Valves.
- § 192.147 Flanges and flange accessories.
- § 192.149 Standard fittings.
- § 192.150 Passage of internal inspection devices.
- § 192.151 Tapping.
- § 192.153 Components fabricated by welding.
- § 192.155 Welded branch connections.
- § 192.157 Extruded outlets.
- § 192.159 Flexibility.
- § 192.161 Supports and anchors.
- § 192.163 Compressor stations: Design and construction.
- § 192.165 Compressor stations: Liquid removal.
- § 192.167 Compressor stations: Emergency shutdown.
- § 192.169 Compressor stations: Pressure limiting devices.
- § 192.171 Compressor stations: Additional safety equipment.
- § 192.173 Compressor stations: Ventilation.
- § 192.175 Pipe-type and bottle-type holders.
- § 192.177 Additional provisions for bottle-type holders.
- § 192.179 Transmission line valves.
- § 192.181 Distribution line valves.
- § 192.183 Vaults: Structural design requirements.
- § 192.185 Vaults: Accessibility.
- § 192.187 Vaults: Sealing, venting, and ventilation.
- § 192.189 Vaults: Drainage and waterproofing.
- § 192.191 [Reserved]
- § 192.193 Valve installation in plastic pipe.
- § 192.195 Protection against accidental overpressuring.
- § 192.197 Control of the pressure of gas delivered from high-pressure distribution systems.
- § 192.199 Requirements for design of pressure relief and limiting devices.
- § 192.201 Required capacity of pressure relieving and limiting stations.
- § 192.203 Instrument, control, and sampling pipe and components.
- § 192.204 Risers installed after January 22, 2019.
- § 192.205 Records: Pipeline components.
- § 192.221 Scope.
- § 192.225 Welding procedures.
- § 192.227 Qualification of welders and welding operators.
- § 192.229 Limitations on welders and welding operators.
- § 192.231 Protection from weather.
- § 192.233 Miter joints.
- § 192.235 Preparation for welding.
- § 192.241 Inspection and test of welds.
- § 192.243 Nondestructive testing.
- § 192.245 Repair or removal of defects.
- § 192.271 Scope.
- § 192.273 General.
- § 192.275 Cast iron pipe.
- § 192.277 Ductile iron pipe.
- § 192.279 Copper pipe.
- § 192.281 Plastic pipe.
- § 192.283 Plastic pipe: Qualifying joining procedures.
- § 192.285 Plastic pipe: Qualifying persons to make joints.
- § 192.287 Plastic pipe: Inspection of joints.
- § 192.301 Scope.
- § 192.303 Compliance with specifications or standards.
- § 192.305 Inspection: General.
- § 192.307 Inspection of materials.
- § 192.309 Repair of steel pipe.
- § 192.311 Repair of plastic pipe.
- § 192.313 Bends and elbows.
- § 192.315 Wrinkle bends in steel pipe.
- § 192.317 Protection from hazards.
- § 192.319 Installation of pipe in a ditch.
- § 192.321 Installation of plastic pipe.
- § 192.323 Casing.
- § 192.325 Underground clearance.
- § 192.327 Cover.
- § 192.328 Additional construction requirements for steel pipe using alternative maximum allowable operating pressure.
- § 192.329 Installation of plastic pipelines by trenchless excavation.
- § 192.351 Scope.
- § 192.353 Customer meters and regulators: Location.
- § 192.355 Customer meters and regulators: Protection from damage.
- § 192.357 Customer meters and regulators: Installation.
- § 192.359 Customer meter installations: Operating pressure.
- § 192.361 Service lines: Installation.
- § 192.363 Service lines: Valve requirements.
- § 192.365 Service lines: Location of valves.
- § 192.367 Service lines: General requirements for connections to main piping.
- § 192.369 Service lines: Connections to cast iron or ductile iron mains.
- § 192.371 Service lines: Steel.
- § 192.373 Service lines: Cast iron and ductile iron.
- § 192.375 Service lines: Plastic.
- § 192.376 Installation of plastic service lines by trenchless excavation.
- § 192.377 Service lines: Copper.
- § 192.379 New service lines not in use.
- § 192.381 Service lines: Excess flow valve performance standards.
- § 192.383 Excess flow valve installation.
- § 192.385 Manual service line shut-off valve installation.
- § 192.451 Scope.
- § 192.452 How does this subpart apply to converted pipelines and regulated onshore gathering pipelines?
- § 192.453 General.
- § 192.455 External corrosion control: Buried or submerged pipelines installed after July 31, 1971.
- § 192.457 External corrosion control: Buried or submerged pipelines installed before August 1, 1971.
- § 192.459 External corrosion control: Examination of buried pipeline when exposed.
- § 192.461 External corrosion control: Protective coating.
- § 192.463 External corrosion control: Cathodic protection.
- § 192.465 External corrosion control: Monitoring and remediation.
- § 192.467 External corrosion control: Electrical isolation.
- § 192.469 External corrosion control: Test stations.
- § 192.471 External corrosion control: Test leads.
- § 192.473 External corrosion control: Interference currents.
- § 192.475 Internal corrosion control: General.
- § 192.476 Internal corrosion control: Design and construction of transmission line.
- § 192.477 Internal corrosion control: Monitoring.
- § 192.478 [Reserved]
- § 192.479 Atmospheric corrosion control: General.
- § 192.481 Atmospheric corrosion control: Monitoring.
- § 192.483 Remedial measures: General.
- § 192.485 Remedial measures: Transmission lines.
- § 192.487 Remedial measures: Distribution lines other than cast iron or ductile iron lines.
- § 192.489 Remedial measures: Cast iron and ductile iron pipelines.
- § 192.490 Direct assessment.
- § 192.491 Corrosion control records.
- § 192.493 In-line inspection of pipelines.
- § 192.501 Scope.
- § 192.503 General requirements.
- § 192.505 Strength test requirements for steel pipeline to operate at a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SMYS.
- § 192.506 Transmission lines: Spike hydrostatic pressure test.
- § 192.507 Test requirements for pipelines to operate at a hoop stress less than 30 percent of SMYS and at or above 100 p.s.i. (689 kPa) gage.
- § 192.509 Test requirements for pipelines to operate below 100 p.s.i. (689 kPa) gage.
- § 192.511 Test requirements for service lines.
- § 192.513 Test requirements for plastic pipelines.
- § 192.515 Environmental protection and safety requirements.
- § 192.517 Records.
- § 192.551 Scope.
- § 192.553 General requirements.
- § 192.555 Uprating to a pressure that will produce a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SMYS in steel pipelines.
- § 192.557 Uprating: Steel pipelines to a pressure that will produce a hoop stress less than 30 percent of SMYS: plastic, cast iron, and ductile iron pipelines.
- § 192.601 Scope.
- § 192.603 General provisions.
- § 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.
- § 192.607 Verification of Pipeline Material Properties and Attributes: Onshore steel transmission pipelines.
- § 192.609 Change in class location: Required study.
- § 192.610 Change in class location: Change in valve spacing.
- § 192.611 Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating pressure.
- § 192.612 Underwater inspection and reburial of pipelines in the Gulf of America and its inlets.
- § 192.613 Continuing surveillance.
- § 192.614 Damage prevention program.
- § 192.615 Emergency plans.
- § 192.616 Public awareness.
- § 192.617 Investigation of failures and incidents.
- § 192.619 Maximum allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines.
- § 192.620 Alternative maximum allowable operating pressure for certain steel pipelines.
- § 192.621 Maximum allowable operating pressure: High-pressure distribution systems.
- § 192.623 Maximum and minimum allowable operating pressure; Low-pressure distribution systems.
- § 192.624 Maximum allowable operating pressure reconfirmation: Onshore steel transmission pipelines.
- § 192.625 Odorization of gas.
- § 192.627 Tapping pipelines under pressure.
- § 192.629 Purging of pipelines.
- § 192.631 Control room management.
- § 192.632 Engineering Critical Assessment for Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure Reconfirmation: Onshore steel transmission pipelines.
- § 192.634 Transmission lines: Onshore valve shut-off for rupture mitigation.
- § 192.635 Notification of potential rupture.
- § 192.636 Transmission lines: Response to a rupture; capabilities of rupture-mitigation valves (RMVs) or alternative equivalent technologies.
- § 192.701 Scope.
- § 192.703 General.
- § 192.705 Transmission lines: Patrolling.
- § 192.706 Transmission lines: Leakage surveys.
- § 192.707 Line markers for mains and transmission lines.
- § 192.709 Transmission lines: Record keeping.
- § 192.710 Transmission lines: Assessments outside of high consequence areas.
- § 192.711 Transmission lines: General requirements for repair procedures.
- § 192.712 Analysis of predicted failure pressure and critical strain level.
- § 192.713 Transmission lines: Permanent field repair of imperfections and damages.
- § 192.714 Transmission lines: Repair criteria for onshore transmission pipelines.
- § 192.715 Transmission lines: Permanent field repair of welds.
- § 192.717 Transmission lines: Permanent field repair of leaks.
- § 192.719 Transmission lines: Testing of repairs.
- § 192.720 Distribution systems: Leak repair.
- § 192.721 Distribution systems: Patrolling.
- § 192.723 Distribution systems: Leakage surveys.
- § 192.725 Test requirements for reinstating service lines.
- § 192.727 Abandonment or deactivation of facilities.
- § 192.731 Compressor stations: Inspection and testing of relief devices.
- § 192.735 Compressor stations: Storage of combustible materials.
- § 192.736 Compressor stations: Gas detection.
- § 192.739 Pressure limiting and regulating stations: Inspection and testing.
- § 192.740 Pressure regulating, limiting, and overpressure protection—Individual service lines directly connected to regulated gathering or transmission pipelines.
- § 192.741 Pressure limiting and regulating stations: Telemetering or recording gauges.
- § 192.743 Pressure limiting and regulating stations: Capacity of relief devices.
- § 192.745 Valve maintenance: Transmission lines.
- § 192.747 Valve maintenance: Distribution systems.
- § 192.749 Vault maintenance.
- § 192.750 Launcher and receiver safety.
- § 192.751 Prevention of accidental ignition.
- § 192.753 Caulked bell and spigot joints.
- § 192.755 Protecting cast-iron pipelines.
- § 192.756 Joining plastic pipe by heat fusion; equipment maintenance and calibration.
- § 192.801 Scope.
- § 192.803 Definitions.
- § 192.805 Qualification program.
- § 192.807 Recordkeeping.
- § 192.809 General.
- § 192.901 What do the regulations in this subpart cover?
- § 192.903 What definitions apply to this subpart?
- § 192.905 How does an operator identify a high consequence area?
- § 192.907 What must an operator do to implement this subpart?
- § 192.909 How can an operator change its integrity management program?
- § 192.911 What are the elements of an integrity management program?
- § 192.913 When may an operator deviate its program from certain requirements of this subpart?
- § 192.915 What knowledge and training must personnel have to carry out an integrity management program?
- § 192.917 How does an operator identify potential threats to pipeline integrity and use the threat identification in its integrity program?
- § 192.919 What must be in the baseline assessment plan?
- § 192.921 How is the baseline assessment to be conducted?
- § 192.923 How is direct assessment used and for what threats?
- § 192.925 What are the requirements for using External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA)?
- § 192.927 What are the requirements for using Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment (ICDA)?
- § 192.929 What are the requirements for using Direct Assessment for Stress Corrosion Cracking?
- § 192.931 How may Confirmatory Direct Assessment (CDA) be used?
- § 192.933 What actions must be taken to address integrity issues?
- § 192.935 What additional preventive and mitigative measures must an operator take?
- § 192.937 What is a continual process of evaluation and assessment to maintain a pipeline's integrity?
- § 192.939 What are the required reassessment intervals?
- § 192.941 What is a low stress reassessment?
- § 192.943 When can an operator deviate from these reassessment intervals?
- § 192.945 What methods must an operator use to measure program effectiveness?
- § 192.947 What records must an operator keep?
- § 192.949 [Reserved]
- § 192.951 Where does an operator file a report?
- § 192.1001 What definitions apply to this subpart?
- § 192.1003 What do the regulations in this subpart cover?
- § 192.1005 What must a gas distribution operator (other than a small LPG operator) do to implement this subpart?
- § 192.1007 What are the required elements of an integrity management plan?
- § 192.1009 [Reserved]
- § 192.1011 What records must an operator keep?
- § 192.1013 When may an operator deviate from required periodic inspections under this part?
- § 192.1015 What must a small LPG operator do to implement this subpart?
- Appendix A to Part 192 [Reserved]
- Appendix B to Part 192—Qualification of Pipe and Components
- Appendix C to Part 192—Qualification of Welders for Low Stress Level Pipe
- Appendix D to Part 192—Criteria for Cathodic Protection and Determination of Measurements
- Appendix E to Part 192—Guidance on Determining High Consequence Areas and on Carrying out Requirements in the Integrity Management Rule
- Appendix F to Part 192—Criteria for Conducting Integrity Assessments Using Guided Wave Ultrasonic Testing (GWUT)
- Appendix G to Part 192—Guidance on Moderate Consequence Areas