# 2025-11180: Pipeline Agency Retires One Advisory Bulletin, and That's the News

2025-11180, Pipeline Safety: Recission of Advisory Bulletin on Section 114 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration published 2025-06-18, effective 2025-06-13; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11180
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11180
- Title: Pipeline Safety: Recission of Advisory Bulletin on Section 114 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 26085
- Published: 2025-06-18
- Effective: 2025-06-13
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

Pipeline Agency Retires One Advisory Bulletin, and That's the News

## Summary

PHMSA is officially canceling a previous advisory bulletin about pipeline safety rules from the 2020 PIPES Act. This change affects pipeline operators who no longer need to follow that specific guidance, but all other safety rules still apply. There’s no new cost or deadline—just a cleanup to keep things clear and simple.

## Abstract

PHMSA is publishing this notice to rescind an advisory bulletin and related statements of policy and applicability concerning the requirements in section 114 of the "Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020."

## Effects PRIA read

- PHMSA rescinds ADB-2021-01: benefit, medium. If you own or operate a pipeline, PHMSA has rescinded Advisory Bulletin ADB-2021-01 (rescission issued June 13, 2025) and related policy/statements that had interpreted section 114 of the 2020 PIPES Act. The rescission cancels the specific guidance PHMSA previously issued about how operators must u…
- No new 'fugitive'/'vented' mandate: benefit, low. PHMSA says the terms “fugitive emissions” and “vented emissions” do not appear in section 114(a) or (b) of the 2020 PIPES Act and are not defined in PHMSA statutes or regulations, and PHMSA is rescinding prior guidance that treated those terms as mandatory compliance obligations. If you were follow…
- Limits on applicability to non-natural-gas facilities: benefit, medium. PHMSA rescinded its prior, broader reading that section 114(b) required operators of facilities not used to transport “natural gas” to update their inspection and maintenance plans by December 27, 2021. The notice explains Congress repeatedly referenced “natural gas” in section 114 and PHMSA’s earl…
- Clarification for gathering-line operators: benefit, medium. PHMSA acknowledges it previously treated gathering lines without regard to longstanding jurisdictional exceptions and that it notified many operators (GAO cited PHMSA notifying 803 operators covering 331,803 miles of gas gathering lines and other notifications) that they had to update plans by Dece…
- Withdrawal of related PHMSA statements: benefit, low. PHMSA rescinded ADB-2021-01 and also withdrew any PHMSA policy statements, letters of interpretation, guidance documents, congressional testimony, and public statements that relied on ADB-2021-01. Owners and operators should instead follow the text of section 114 of the 2020 PIPES Act and 49 U.S.C.…

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## Sources
- [2025-11180 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/18/2025-11180/pipeline-safety-recission-of-advisory-bulletin-on-section-114-of-the-protecting-our-infrastructure)
- [2025-11180 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-18/pdf/2025-11180.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11180 (as of 2026-11-03).