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Pipeline Safety: Standards Update-API Spec 6D

FR Abstract
This DFR amends PHMSA's regulations to incorporate by reference the updated industry standard API Spec 6D, Specification for Valves. This updated standard will maintain or improve public safety, prevent regulatory confusion, reduce compliance burdens on stakeholders, and satisfy a mandate in the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) of 1995.
Incorporation
FR Document Number
2025-12068
Federal Register Volume
90
Federal Register Year
2025-07-01
Federal Register Start Page
28101
Federal Register End Page
28105
Federal Agency
Transportation Department
Federal Register Link
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12068.pdf
CFR Citation
49 CFR 195
FR Citation
90 FR 28101
CFR title
49
CFR Part
195
Document Number
API Spec 6D
Document Edition
2021
Standard Title
Specification for Valves, 25th edition, Nov. 1, 2021, including Err. (Dec. 2021), Err. 2 (April 2022), Err. 3 (Oct. 2023), Add. 1 (April 2023), Add. 2 (Sept. 2024) & Add. 3 (March 2025)
SDO
American Petroleum Institute
Standard Number Link
https://www.api.org/products-and-services/standards/ibr-reading-room
Excerpts
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, by phone at (771) 215-0969 or email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Discussion Through this DFR, PHMSA is incorporating by reference an update to a voluntary, consensus industry technical standard already incorporated by reference within the pipeline safety regulations (PSRs, 49 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) parts 192 and 195). Specifically, PHMSA is updating the referenced edition of industry standard American Petroleum Institute (API) Specification
Record Source
www.federalregister.gov