[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR192.1]

[Page 30]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 192--TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL AND OTHER GAS BY PIPELINE: MINIMUM FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 192.1  Scope of part.


    (a) This part prescribes minimum safety requirements for pipeline 
facilities and the transportation of gas, including pipeline facilities 
and the transportation of gas 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 pipelines 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;
    (2) Onshore gathering of gas outside of the following areas:
    (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) Onshore gathering of gas within inlets of the Gulf of Mexico 
except as provided in Sec. 192.612.
    (4) Any pipeline system that transports only petroleum gas or 
petroleum gas/air mixtures to--
    (i) Fewer than 10 customers, if no portion of the system is located 
in a public place; or
    (ii) A single customer, if the system is located entirely on the 
customer's premises (no matter if a portion of the system is located in 
a public place).
    (5) On the Outer Continental Shelf upstream of the point at which 
operating responsibility transfers from a producing operator to a 
transporting operator.

[35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 192-27, 41 FR 34605, 
Aug. 16, 1976; Amdt. 192-67, 56 FR 63771, Dec. 5, 1991; Amdt. 192-78, 61 
FR 28782, June 6, 1996; Amdt. 192-81, 62 FR 61695, Nov. 19, 1997]