Pipeline Safety: Adjust Annual Report Deadlines

What it does

This NPRM proposes to extend the annual report deadline for operators of gas distribution pipelines, gas transmission pipelines, regulated gas gathering pipelines, Type R gas gathering lines, underground natural gas storage facilities, and liquefied natural gas facilities. This NPRM also proposes to extend the National Pipeline Mapping System information submission deadline for operators of gas transmission and liquefied natural gas facilities. Annual reports for gas pipeline and gas pipeline storage facilities would be due on June 15, consistent with existing requirements for hazardous liquid pipelines.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

49 CFR 191

Before this

2 earlier Federal Register documents under regulation identifier 2137-AF77 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• Oct. 2, 2025 Withdrawal of direct final rule (DFR). Pipeline Safety: Adjust Annual Report Filing Timelines
• July 1, 2025 Direct final rule (DFR); request for comments. Pipeline Safety: Adjust Annual Report Filing Timelines

What happens next and when

Comments must be received on or before June 23, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket PHMSA-2025-0108 on Regulations.gov
• Title 49 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register