49 CFR § 198.11 - Grant authority.

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title: "49 CFR § 198.11 - Grant authority."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "198.11"
section_name: "Grant authority."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PIPELINE SAFETY"
part_number: "198"
part_name: "REGULATIONS FOR GRANTS TO AID STATE PIPELINE SAFETY PROGRAMS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 60101  49 CFR 1.97."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 38691, Sept. 20, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
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# 198.11 Grant authority.

The pipeline safety laws (49 U.S.C. 60101 *et seq.*) authorize the Administrator to pay out funds appropriated or otherwise make available up to 80 percent of the cost of the personnel, equipment, and activities reasonably required for each state agency to carry out a safety program for intrastate pipeline facilities under a certification or agreement with the Administrator or to act as an agent of the Administrator with respect to interstate pipeline facilities.

[Amdt. 198-5, 74 FR 62506, Nov. 30, 2009]