[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-275]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

49 CFR Part 192

[Docket No. RSPA-00-7666; Amendment 192-95]
RIN 2137-AD54


Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Integrity Management in High 
Consequence Areas (Gas Transmission Pipelines)

AGENCY: Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), Research and Special Programs 
Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the effective date of a final rule 
published in the Federal Register on December 15, 2003 (68 FR 69778). 
That rule requires operators to develop integrity management programs 
for gas transmission pipelines located where a leak or rupture could do 
the most harm, i.e., could impact high consequence areas (HCAs). The 
rule requires gas transmission pipeline operators to perform ongoing 
assessments of pipeline integrity, to improve data collection, 
integration and analysis, to repair and remediate the pipeline as 
necessary, and to implement preventive and mitigative actions. The 
published effective date was in error. This document corrects the 
effective date from January 14, 2004, to February 14, 2004, to meet the 
60 day requirement for Congressional review of major rules. (5 U.S.C. 
801(a)(4).)

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date for the final rule published on 
December 15, 2003, at 68 FR 69778 is corrected to read February 14, 
2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Israni by phone at (202) 366-
4571, by fax at (202) 366-4566, or by e-mail at 
[email protected], regarding the subject matter of the final 
rule.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 22, 2003.
Samuel G. Bonasso,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 04-275 Filed 1-14-04; 8:45 am]
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