[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 189 (Thursday, October 2, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47621-47622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19328]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 192
[Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0129]
RIN 2137-AF98
Pipeline Safety: Standards Update--ASTM F1973
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Direct final rule (DFR); confirmation of effective date.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is confirming the effective date for the DFR that
appeared in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025. The DFR amended
PHMSA's regulations at 49 CFR part 192 to incorporate by reference ASTM
International's updated industry standard ASTM F1973, ``Standard
Specification for Factory Assembled Anodeless Risers and Transition
Fittings in Polyethylene (PE) and Polyamide 11 (PA11) and Polyamide 12
(PA12) Fuel Gas Distribution Systems.''
DATES: PHMSA confirms the effective date of January 1, 2026, for the
DFR that appeared in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025 (90 FR
28079).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brianna Wilson, Transportation
Specialist, by phone at 771-215-0969 or email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 1, 2025 (90 FR 28079), PHMSA
published a DFR amending its regulations at 49 CFR part 192 to
incorporate by reference the 2021 edition of ASTM F1973, ``Standard
Specification for Factory Assembled Anodeless Risers and Transition
Fittings in Polyethylene (PE) and Polyamide 11 (PA11) and Polyamide 12
(PA12) Fuel Gas Distribution Systems.''
References to the 2021 edition of the standard will replace
existing references to ASTM F1973-13, ``Standard Specification for
Factory Assembled Anodeless Risers and Transition Fittings in
Polyethylene (PE) and Polyamide 11 (PA11) and Polyamide 12 (PA12) Fuel
Gas Distribution Systems,'' May 1, 2013, within 49 CFR 192.204(b) and
Section I of Appendix B to 49 CFR part 192.
PHMSA issued the DFR under the procedures set forth at 49 CFR
190.339. In accordance with those provisions, PHMSA stated in the DFR
that if no adverse comments were received, the DFR would become final
and effective on January 1, 2026. PHMSA did not
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receive any comments that warranted withdrawal of the DFR; therefore,
this rule will become effective as scheduled.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2025, under the
authority designated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Benjamin D. Kochman,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2025-19328 Filed 10-1-25; 8:45 am]
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