[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR191.1]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 191--TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL AND OTHER GAS BY PIPELINE; ANNUAL REPORTS, INCIDENT REPORTS, AND SAFETY-RELATED CONDITION REPORTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 191.1  Scope.

    (a) This part prescribes requirements for the reporting of 
incidents, safety-related conditions, and annual pipeline summary data 
by operators of gas pipeline facilities located in the United States or 
Puerto Rico, including pipelines within the limits of the Outer 
Continental Shelf as that term is defined in the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331).
    (b) This part does not apply to--
    (1) Offshore gathering of gas upstream from the outlet flange of 
each facility where hydrocarbons are produced or where produced 
hydrocarbons are first separated, dehydrated, or otherwise processed, 
whichever facility is farther downstream; or
    (2) Onshore gathering of gas outside of the following areas:

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    (i) An area within the limits of any incorporated or unincorporated 
city, town, or village.
    (ii) Any designated residential or commercial area such as a 
subdivision, business or shopping center, or community development.
    (3) On the Outer Continental Shelf upstream of the point at which 
operating responsibility transfers from a producing operator to a 
transporting operator.

[Amdt. 191-5, 49 FR 18960, May 3, 1984, as amended by Amdt. 191-6, 53 FR 
24949, July 1, 1988; Amdt. 191-11, 61 FR 27793, June 3, 1996; Amdt. 191-
12, 62 FR 61695, Nov. 19, 1997]