Title 49TransportationRelease 119-73

§60128 Dumping within pipeline rights-of-way

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VIII— - PIPELINES › Chapter CHAPTER 601— - SAFETY › § 60128

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Do not dig to dump solid waste in the right-of-way of an interstate gas or hazardous-liquid pipeline, or in other nearby areas the Secretary of Transportation sets. "Solid waste" has the meaning in section 1004(27) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6903(27)).

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Title 49, §60128

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(a)No person shall excavate for the purpose of unauthorized disposal within the right-of-way of an interstate gas pipeline facility or interstate hazardous liquid pipeline facility, or any other limited area in the vicinity of any such interstate pipeline facility established by the Secretary of Transportation, and dispose solid waste therein.
(b)For purposes of this section, the term “solid waste” has the meaning given that term in section 1004(27) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6903(27)).

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 60128

Title 49Transportation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73