[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: 49CFR195.59]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 195--TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS BY PIPELINE--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart B--Reporting Accidents and Safety-Related Conditions
 
Sec. 195.59  Abandoned underwater facilities report.

    For each abandoned offshore pipeline facility or each abandoned 
onshore pipeline facility that crosses over, under or through a 
commercially navigable waterway, the last operator of that facility must 
file a report upon abandonment of that facility.
    (a) The preferred method to submit data on pipeline facilities 
abandoned after October 10, 2000 is to the National Pipeline Mapping 
System (NPMS) in accordance with the NPMS ``Standards for Pipeline and 
Liquefied Natural Gas Operator Submissions.'' To obtain a copy of the 
NPMS Standards, please refer to the NPMS homepage at 
www.npms.rspa.dot.gov or contact the NPMS National Repository at 703-
317-3073. A digital data format is preferred, but hard copy submissions 
are acceptable if they comply with the NPMS Standards. In addition to 
the NPMS-required attributes, operators must submit the date of 
abandonment, diameter, method of abandonment, and certification that, to 
the best of the operator's knowledge, all of the reasonably available 
information requested was provided and, to the best of the operator's 
knowledge, the abandonment was completed in accordance with applicable 
laws. Refer to the NPMS Standards for details in preparing your data for 
submission. The NPMS Standards also include details of how to submit 
data. Alternatively, operators may submit

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reports by mail, fax or e-mail to the Information Officer, Research and 
Special Programs Administration, Department of Transportation, Room 
7128, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington DC 20590; fax (202) 366-4566; 
e-mail, roger.little@rspa.dot.gov. The information in the report must 
contain all reasonably available information related to the facility, 
including information in the possession of a third party. The report 
must contain the location, size, date, method of abandonment, and a 
certification that the facility has been abandoned in accordance with 
all applicable laws.
    (b) Data on pipeline facilities abandoned before October 10, 2000 
must be filed by before April 10, 2001. Operators may submit reports by 
mail, fax or e-mail to the Information Officer, Research and Special 
Programs Administration, Department of Transportation, Room 7128, 400 
Seventh Street, SW, Washington DC 20590; fax (202) 366-4566; e-mail, 
roger.little@rspa.dot.gov. The information in the report must contain 
all reasonably available information related to the facility, including 
information in the possession of a third party. The report must contain 
the location, size, date, method of abandonment, and a certification 
that the facility has been abandoned in accordance with all applicable 
laws.

[Amdt. 195-69, 65 FR 54444, Sept. 8, 2000]