The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission updated their regulations (18.60.2 and 8) concerning pipeline operations and maintenance in March. These updates affected many parts of the regulations including the following:

• Variances to the adopted federal regulations including reporting and items required for gathering pipelines. (18.60.2.8(B))
• Items incorporated by reference and terms in the federal regulations (18.60.2.8(C))
• Definitions (18.60.5.7)
• Registry of nonmember Underground Facility Operators (UFOs) (18.60.5.8)
• Responsibilities of UFOs (18.60.5.9)
• Procedures for locate requests (18.60.5.10)
• Requirements for marking excavation sites (18.60.5.13)
• Excavation procedures (18.60.5.15)
• Emergency excavation provisions, to include damage reporting (18.60.5.16)
• Requirements for reports of third party damage (18.60.5.18)