[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
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.




Sec.
191.1 Scope.
191.3 Definitions.
191.5 Telephonic notice of certain incidents.
191.7 Addressee for written reports.
191.9 Distribution system: Incident report.
191.11 Distribution system: Annual report.
191.13 Distribution systems reporting transmission pipelines; 
          transmission or gathering systems reporting distribution 
          pipelines.
191.15 Transmission and gathering systems: Incident report.
191.17 Transmission and gathering systems: Annual report.
191.19 Report forms.
191.21 OMB control number assigned to information collection.
191.23 Reporting safety-related conditions.
191.25 Filing safety-related condition reports.
191.27 Filing offshore pipeline condition reports.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5121, 60102, 60103, 60104, 60108, 60117, 60118, 
and 60124; and 49 CFR 1.53.


    (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 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

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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; or
    (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.

[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; Amdt. 191-15, 68 FR 46111, Aug. 5, 2003]