{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 195.50","title":"Reporting accidents.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"An accident report is required for each failure in a pipeline system subject to this part in which there is a release of the hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide transported resulting in any of the following:\n\n(a) Explosion or fire not intentionally set by the operator.\n\n(b) Release of 5 gallons (19 l","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-195-50.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-195-50.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-195-50","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-195.50","body":"An accident report is required for each failure in a pipeline system subject to this part in which there is a release of the hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide transported resulting in any of the following:\n\n(a) Explosion or fire not intentionally set by the operator.\n\n(b) Release of 5 gallons (19 liters) or more of hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide, except that no report is required for a release of less than 5 barrels (0.8 cubic meters) resulting from a pipeline maintenance activity if the release is:\n\n(1) Not otherwise reportable under this section;\n\n(2) Not one described in § 195.52(a)(4);\n\n(3) Confined to company property or pipeline right-of-way; and\n\n(4) Cleaned up promptly;\n\n(c) Death of any person;\n\n(d) Personal injury necessitating hospitalization;\n\n(e) Estimated property damage, including cost of clean-up and recovery, value of lost product, and damage to the property of the operator or others, or both, exceeding $50,000.\n\n[Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, as amended by Amdt. 195-39, 53 FR 24950, July 1, 1988; Amdt. 195-45, 56 FR 26925, June 12, 1991; Amdt. 195-52, 59 FR 33396, June 28, 1994; Amdt. 195-63, 63 FR 37506, July 13, 1998; Amdt. 195-75, 67 FR 836, Jan. 8, 2002]","truncated":false,"body_characters":1211}