49 CFR § 195.557 - Which pipelines must have coating for external corrosion control?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s195.557"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 195.557 - Which pipelines must have coating for external corrosion control?"
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "195.557"
section_name: "Which pipelines must have coating for external corrosion control?"
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "195"
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# 195.557 Which pipelines must have coating for external corrosion control?
Except bottoms of aboveground breakout tanks, each buried or submerged pipeline must have an external coating for external corrosion control if the pipeline is—
(a) Constructed, relocated, replaced, or otherwise changed after the applicable date in § 195.401(c), not including the movement of pipe covered by § 195.424; or
(b) Converted under § 195.5 and—
(1) Has an external coating that substantially meets § 195.559 before the pipeline is placed in service; or
(2) Is a segment that is relocated, replaced, or substantially altered.