# 2025-12118: Pipeline Agency Proposes Cutting Burdensome Deadlines for Safety Assessments

2025-12118, Pipeline Safety: Eliminating Burdensome and Duplicative Deadlines for Gas Pipeline Coating Damage Assessments and Remedial Actions, is a Federal Register proposed rule from Transportation Department, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration published 2025-07-01 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-12118
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-12118
- Title: Pipeline Safety: Eliminating Burdensome and Duplicative Deadlines for Gas Pipeline Coating Damage Assessments and Remedial Actions
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 28593
- Published: 2025-07-01
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: 2137-AF84
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Pipeline Agency Proposes Cutting Burdensome Deadlines for Safety Assessments

## Summary

Gas pipeline operators will get more time to check and fix coating damage, cutting down on rushed deadlines. This change saves money, clears up confusing rules, and makes safety checks easier to manage. It’s a win for pipeline companies and helps keep gas flowing safely without extra hassle.

## Abstract

PHMSA is proposing to revise the regulations related to coating damage assessments and remedial actions for gas transmission pipeline operators by adjusting the timeframe in which operators must perform external anti-corrosion coating assessments and any repairs following an unsatisfactory assessment result. This proposed change will provide significant cost savings to gas transmission pipeline operators, eliminate ineffective regulations, and simplify current requirements.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-12118 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12118/pipeline-safety-eliminating-burdensome-and-duplicative-deadlines-for-gas-pipeline-coating-damage)
- [2025-12118 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12118.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-12118 (as of 2026-06-08).