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Proposed rule

Pipeline Safety: Adjustment to OPID Notifications for Construction

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register April 24, 2026. Document 2026-08082. Updated Nov. 12, 2026.

What it does

This NPRM proposes to increase the monetary threshold for Operator Identification Number notifications for certain construction and maintenance tasks on gas and hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipeline facilities. PHMSA is also proposing to adjust inflation adjustment procedures to provide a mechanism for updating these thresholds on an annual basis.

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

What it would change

2 parts of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

49 CFR 191, 49 CFR 195

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2137-AG55 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

What happens next and when

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

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-08082
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
AgenciesTransportation Department; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
PublishedApril 24, 2026
Comments closeJune 23, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)2137-AG55
DocketPHMSA-2026-1551

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