{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 192.711","title":"Transmission lines: General requirements for repair procedures.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"(a) Temporary repairs. Each operator must take immediate temporary measures to protect the public whenever:\n\n(1) A leak, imperfection, or damage that impairs its serviceability is found in a segment of steel transmission line operating at or above 40 percent of the SMYS; and\n\n(2) It is not feasible ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-711.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-711.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-711","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-192.711","body":"(a) Temporary repairs. Each operator must take immediate temporary measures to protect the public whenever:\n\n(1) A leak, imperfection, or damage that impairs its serviceability is found in a segment of steel transmission line operating at or above 40 percent of the SMYS; and\n\n(2) It is not feasible to make a permanent repair at the time of discovery.\n\n(b) Permanent repairs. An operator must make permanent repairs on its pipeline system according to the following:\n\n(1)(i) Non-integrity management repairs for gathering lines and offshore transmission lines: For gathering lines subject to this section in accordance with § 192.9 and for offshore transmission lines, an operator must make permanent repairs as soon as feasible.\n\n(ii) Non-integrity management repairs for onshore transmission lines: Except for gathering lines exempted from this section in accordance with § 192.9 and offshore transmission lines, after May 24, 2023, whenever an operator discovers any condition that could adversely affect the safe operation of a pipeline segment not covered by an integrity management program under subpart O of this part, it must correct the condition as prescribed in § 192.714.\n\n(2) Integrity management repairs: When an operator discovers a condition on a pipeline covered under Subpart O-Gas Transmission Pipeline Integrity Management, the operator must remediate the condition as prescribed by § 192.933(d).\n\n(c) Welded patch. Except as provided in § 192.717(b)(3), no operator may use a welded patch as a means of repair.\n\n[Amdt. 192-114, 75 FR 48604, Aug. 11, 2010, as amended by Amdt. 192-132, 87 FR 52270, Aug. 24, 2022]","truncated":false,"body_characters":1634}