Scope [49 CFR 191.1]

(A)A. This Chapter prescribes requirements for the reporting of incidents, safety-related conditions, annual pipeline summary data, National Registry of Operators information, and other miscellaneous conditions by operators of underground natural gas storage facilities and natural gas pipeline facilities located in Louisiana, including underground natural gas storage facilities and pipelines within the limits of the Outer Continental Shelf, as that term is defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331). This part applies to offshore gathering lines (except as provided in Subsection B of this section) and to onshore gathering lines, including Type R gathering lines as determined in §508 of this Part. [49 CFR 191.1(a)]#

(B)B. This Chapter does not apply to: [49 CFR 191.1(b)]#

(1)1. offshore gathering of gas in state waters upstream from the outlet flange of each facility where hydrocarbons are produced or where produced hydrocarbons are first separated, dehydrated, or otherwise processed, whichever facility is farther downstream; [49 CFR 191.1(b)(1)]#

(2)2. pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that are producer operated and cross into state waters without first connecting to a transporting operator's facility on the OCS, upstream (generally seaward) of the last valve on the last production facility on the OCS. Safety equipment protecting PHMSA-regulated pipeline segments is not excluded. Producing operators for those pipeline segments upstream of the last valve of the last production facility on the OCS may petition the administrator, or designee, for approval to operate under PHMSA regulations governing pipeline design, construction, operation, and maintenance under 49 CFR 190.9; or [49 CFR 191.1(b)(2)]#

(3)3. pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf upstream of the point at which operating responsibility transfers from a producing operator to a transporting operator. [49 CFR 191.1(b)(3)]#

(C)C. Sections 322.B and C and 323 do not apply to the onshore gathering of gas: [49 CFR 191.1(c)]#

(1)1. through a pipeline that operates at less than 0 psig (0 kPa); [49 CFR 191.1(c)(1)]#

(2)2. through a pipeline that is not a regulated onshore gathering line; or [49 CFR 191.1(c)(2)]#

(3)3. within inlets of the Gulf of America, except for the requirements in §2712 of this Part. [49 CFR 191.1(c)(3)]#

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:501 et seq.#

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 9:218 (April 1983), amended LR 10:510 (July 1984), LR 11:255 (March 1985), LR 18:854 (August 1992), LR 27:1536 (September 2001), LR 30:1220 (June 2004), LR 33:473 (March 2007), LR 38:110 (January 2012), LR 45:66 (January 2019), LR 49:1098 (June 2023), amended by the Department of Conservation and Energy, Office of Enforcement, LR 51:1828 (November 2025).#