[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR192.1]

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                        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 appy to--
    (1) Offshore gathering of gas in State waters 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) Pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that are 
producer-operated and cross into State waters without first connecting 
to a transporting operator's facility on the OCS, upstream (generally 
seaward) of the last valve on the last production facility on the OCS. 
Safety equipment protecting RSPA-regulated pipeline segments is not 
excluded. Producing operators for those pipeline segments upstream of 
the last valve of the last production facility on the OCS may petition 
the Administrator, or designee, for approval to operate under RSPA 
regulations governing pipeline design, construction, operation, and 
maintenance under 49 CFR 190.9.
    (3) Pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf upstream of the point 
at which operating responsibility transfers from a producing operator to 
a transporting operator;
    (4) 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.
    (5) Onshore gathering of gas within inlets of the Gulf of Mexico 
except as provided in Sec. 192.612; or
    (6) 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).

[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; Amdt. 
192-92, 68 FR 46112, Aug. 5, 2003]