# 2025-12130: DOT Proposes Looser Rules for Pipes Inside Plants

2025-12130, Pipeline Safety: Exception for In-Plant Piping Systems, 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/2025-12130
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-12130
- Title: Pipeline Safety: Exception for In-Plant Piping Systems
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 28606
- Published: 2025-07-01
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: 2137-AF82
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

DOT Proposes Looser Rules for Pipes Inside Plants

## Summary

This new rule proposal says some pipes inside plants don’t have to follow all the usual gas pipeline safety rules. It mainly affects companies with in-plant piping systems and matches what’s already done for liquid pipelines. If approved, this change could save time and money by cutting unnecessary red tape without risking safety.

## Abstract

This NPRM proposes to codify an exception for in-plant piping systems into the gas pipeline safety regulations. The proposed exception is consistent with prior guidance and a similar provision in the hazardous liquid pipeline safety regulations.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-12130 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12130/pipeline-safety-exception-for-in-plant-piping-systems)
- [2025-12130 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12130.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-12130 (as of 2026-06-08).