Pipeline Safety: Eliminating Limitations on Welders and Welding Operators
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- What it does
This NPRM proposes to remove the exclusion for welders or welding operators qualified by nondestructive testing from welding on compressor station pipe and components.
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:
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2137-AG56 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Comments must be received on or before June 23, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-08083 |
|---|---|
| Action | Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). |
| Agencies | Transportation Department; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
| Published | April 24, 2026 |
| Comments close | June 23, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2137-AG56 |
| Docket | PHMSA-2026-1552 |
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