49 CFR § 195.13 - What requirements apply to pipelines transporting hazardous liquids by gravity?

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title: "49 CFR § 195.13 - What requirements apply to pipelines transporting hazardous liquids by gravity?"
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "195.13"
section_name: "What requirements apply to pipelines transporting hazardous liquids by gravity?"
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PIPELINE SAFETY"
part_number: "195"
part_name: "TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS BY PIPELINE"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60101  and 49 CFR 1.97."
regulatory_source: "Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 195.13 What requirements apply to pipelines transporting hazardous liquids by gravity?

(a) *Scope.* Pipelines transporting hazardous liquids by gravity must comply with the reporting requirements of subpart B of this part.

(b) *Implementation period*—(1) *Annual reporting.* Comply with the annual reporting requirements in subpart B of this part by March 31, 2021.

(2) *Accident and safety-related reporting.* Comply with the accident and safety-related condition reporting requirements in subpart B of this part by January 1, 2021.

(c) *Exceptions.* (1) This section does not apply to the transportation of a hazardous liquid in a gravity line that meets the definition of a low-stress pipeline, travels no farther than 1 mile from a facility boundary, and does not cross any waterways used for commercial navigation.

(2) The reporting requirements in §§ 195.52, 195.61, and 195.65 do not apply to the transportation of a hazardous liquid in a gravity line.

(3) The drug and alcohol testing requirements in part 199 of this subchapter do not apply to the transportation of a hazardous liquid in a gravity line.

[Amdt. 195-102, 84 FR 52294, Oct. 1, 2019]