49 CFR 192 – Subpart P

The Department of Transportation/Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently posted the “Gas Distribution Pipeline Integrity Management Enforcement Guidance.” The materials contained in this document consist of guidance, techniques, procedures and other information for internal use by the PHMSA pipeline safety enforcement staff. This guidance document describes the practices used by PHMSA pipeline safety investigators and other enforcement personnel in undertaking their compliance, inspection, and enforcement activities. This document is not a regulation and creates no new legal obligations. The regulation is controlling. The materials in this document are explanatory in nature and reflect PHMSA’s current application of the regulations in effect at the time of the issuance of the guidance. Alternative approaches are not precluded if they satisfy the requirements of the applicable regulation(s).

Also, the PHMSA Glossary of Terms was just posted.

For a copy of the DIMP Enforcement Guidance, contact Jessica Roger.