Transportation Department Docket PHMSA-2026-1551 Proposed Rule

2026-08673: Pipeline Safety: Adjustment to OPID Notifications for Construction; Correction

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Summary

This document corrects the preamble and amendatory regulatory text within a proposed rule published in the Federal Register of April 24, 2026 regarding monetary thresholds for certain gas pipeline facility construction notifications. This correction corrects monetary thresholds to match the intended values referenced elsewhere in the preamble.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

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Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 2026)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 24154] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-08673] [[Page 24154]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 49 CFR Parts 191 and 195 [Docket No. PHMSA-2026-1551] RIN 2137-AG55 Pipeline Safety: Adjustment to OPID Notifications for Construction; Correction

Agency

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

Action

Proposed rule; correction. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

This document corrects the preamble and amendatory regulatory text within a proposed rule published in the Federal Register of April 24, 2026 regarding monetary thresholds for certain gas pipeline facility construction notifications. This correction corrects monetary thresholds to match the intended values referenced elsewhere in the preamble.

Dates

May 5, 2026.

For Further Information Contact

Sayler Palabrica, Transportation Specialist, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 202-744- 0825, [email protected].

Supplementary Information

PHMSA is correcting the proposed rule titled ``Pipeline Safety Adjustment to OPID Notifications for Construction'' that published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2026.\1\ The first paragraph in section I (General Discussion) of the proposed rule correctly described PHMSA's intention to increase existing 49 CFR 191.22(c) monetary thresholds for operator notifications to PHMSA regarding certain construction activity on gas pipeline facilities to account for inflation since the introduction of those thresholds. That paragraph explained that PHMSA was proposing to increase the monetary threshold at Sec. 191.22(c)(1)(i) for notification of replacement or modification of any existing gas pipeline facility from the current minimum of $10 million to $20 million, as well to increase the monetary threshold at Sec. 191.22(c)(1)(iv) for certain maintenance tasks on underground natural gas storage facilities from the current $200,000 minimum to $300,000.\2\ However, the proposed rule elsewhere (specifically, in section II.J (Paperwork Reduction Act) and the amendatory regulatory text for Sec. 191.22(c)(1)(i) and (iv)) erroneously identified lower monetary thresholds of $15 million and $250,000, respectively. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ 91 FR 22091. \2\ PHMSA also proposed procedural machinery for subsequent annual adjustment for inflation of each of the new threshold values. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correction In proposed rule FR Doc. 2026-08082, beginning on page 22091 in the issue of April 24, 2026, make the following corrections: 0

1. On page 22094, in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, in the

second column, in the second sentence in Section J. Paperwork Reduction Act, correct ``$15 million'' to read ``$20 million'' and correct ``$250,000'' to read ``$300,000''. Sec. 191.22 [Corrected] 0

2. On page 22095, in Sec. 191.22, in the second column, in paragraph

(c)(1)(i), correct ``$15 million'' to read ``$20 million'', and in the third column, in paragraph (c)(1)(iv), correct ``$250,000'' to read ``$300,000''. Issued in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2026, under the authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. Linda Daugherty, Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. [FR Doc. 2026-08673 Filed 5-4-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-60-P

What this changes

Amends 2 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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