2025-19326: Pipeline Safety: Rationalize Calculation of Regulatory Filing and Compliance Deadlines

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 189 (Thursday, October 2, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 189 (Thursday, October 2, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 47620] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-19326] [[Page 47620]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 190 [Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0106] RIN 2137-AF76 Pipeline Safety: Rationalize Calculation of Regulatory Filing and Compliance Deadlines

Agency

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT).

Action

Direct final rule (DFR); confirmation of effective date. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

PHMSA is confirming the effective date for the DFR that appeared in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025. The DFR amended PHMSA's procedural regulations to establish a rule of construction clarifying the operation of procedural filing deadlines scheduled to fall on weekends and Federal holidays.

Dates

Consistent with 49 CFR 190.339(b), the effective date of the DFR published July 1, 2025 (90 FR 28044), is updated from October 9, 2025, to November 3, 2025.

For Further Information Contact

Brianna Wilson, Transportation Specialist, by phone at 771-215-0969 or email at [email protected].

Supplementary Information

On July 1, 2025 (90 FR 28044), PHMSA published a DFR amending its regulations at 49 CFR part 190 to amend the definition of ``day'' at 49 CFR 190.3 to specify that a filing deadline scheduled to fall on a weekend or Federal holiday will be deferred until the following business day. PHMSA issued the DFR under the procedures set forth at 49 CFR 190.339. In accordance with those provisions, PHMSA stated in the DFR that if no adverse comments were received, the DFR would become final and effective on October 9, 2025. PHMSA's regulations at 49 CFR 190.339 require that, in the event a direct final rule does not garner an adverse comment or notice to file such a comment, the effective date stated in the DFR or at least 30 days after publication of the confirmation document, whichever is later. PHMSA is hereby providing confirmation that it did not receive any comments that warranted withdrawal of the DFR, and therefore, the DFR published July 1, 2025 (90 FR 28044), is effective on November 3, 2025. Issued in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2025, under the authority designated in 49 CFR 1.97. Benjamin D. Kochman, Deputy Administrator. [FR Doc. 2025-19326 Filed 10-1-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-60-P