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## 1. Pipeline Safety: Regulations Implementing Memorandum of Understanding With the Department of the Interior

**Citation:** 62 FR 61692  
**Type / status:** rulemaking / historical  
**Agency:** Research and Special Programs Administration  
**Effective / published:** 1998-03-19 / 1997-11-19

This direct final rule (DFR) would implement a provision of a December 10, 1996, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) regarding Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) pipelines by redesignating the point at which an OCS pipeline is subject to RSPA regulations. Under this rule, RSPA would establish and enforce design, construction, operation, and maintenance regulations and investigate certain accidents for all pipelines located downstream of the point at which operating responsibility for the pipelines transfers from a producing operator to a transporting operator.

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- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/11/19/97-30216/pipeline-safety-regulations-implementing-memorandum-of-understanding-with-the-department-of-the>
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:04:51.294Z
- Document slug: `federal-register-97-30216`
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