# 2026-23022: Pipeline Paperwork Gets Another Federal Request for Public Feedback

2026-23022, Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration published 2026-11-12, effective Submit comments by December 14, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-23022
- As of: 2026-11-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-23022
- Title: Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 72949
- Published: 2026-11-12
- Effective: Submit comments by December 14, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-12-14
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-12

## In one line

Pipeline Paperwork Gets Another Federal Request for Public Feedback

## Summary

PHMSA is asking for feedback on how it collects pipeline safety info to keep things running smoothly and safely. This affects pipeline companies and safety groups who provide data to the government. Comments are open until December 14, 2026, and the goal is to make sure paperwork is clear and not too much of a hassle.

## Abstract

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), PHMSA is forwarding the information collection request described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. PHMSA published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comment on this information collection on June 18, 2026.

## Effects PRIA read

- Gas distribution reports: fewer material fields: benefit, low. If you operate a gas distribution system, PHMSA will stop requiring diameter-based reporting of main miles and number of services and will instead require reporting of specific higher‑risk materials (cast and wrought iron 6 inches or less, PVC, ABS, and an added "other plastic" category). PHMSA wil…
- Transmission/gathering reports: cut duplicate fields: benefit, medium. If you operate natural gas transmission or gathering pipelines, PHMSA will remove the annual requirement to report aggregate yearly volume transported (part C), remove anomaly counts from annual reports, and stop duplicative diameter reporting in the annual form by relying on National Pipeline Mapp…
- LNG facility reporting: data clarified, duplicate filings cut: benefit, low. If you operate an LNG plant, PHMSA will add latitude/longitude to the annual report so it can remove the separate NPMS submission requirement for LNG plants, define terms like "retired," remove the "abandoned" status code, define "maximum liquefaction rate" and "maximum vaporization capacity" (usin…
- Hazardous liquid/CO2 reports: fewer fields, lower burden: benefit, medium. If you operate hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipelines, PHMSA will remove pipeline diameter (part H) and breakout tank (part M) fields from the annual report and eliminate anomaly counts from part F, relying on NPMS for GIS data. PHMSA expects per-report time burden to drop by 2 hours (from 20…
- NPMS: mark breakout tanks interstate or intrastate: benefit, low. If you submit NPMS geospatial data, PHMSA will require an added attribute indicating whether a hazardous liquid breakout tank is interstate or intrastate to reduce duplicative reporting. PHMSA does not expect a change in reporting burden from this modification.

## Related documents

- [2026-22396](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22396): Pipeline Safety: Amendments to Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities, 2026-11-03
- [2026-13805](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-13805): Pipeline Safety: Repair Criteria for Hazardous Liquid and Gas Transmission Pipelines, 2026-07-08
- [2026-10969](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-10969): Pipeline Safety: Breakout Tank Inspection Rule, 2026-06-02
- [2026-10782](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-10782): Pipeline Safety: Class Location Change Requirements; Correction, 2026-05-29
- [2026-08144](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08144): Administrative Rulemaking, Guidance, and Enforcement Procedures, 2026-04-27
- [2026-08058](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08058): Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: MAOP Reconfirmation, Expansion of Assessment Requirements, and Other Related Amendme…, 2026-04-24

## Sources
- [2026-23022 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/12/2026-23022/pipeline-safety-information-collection-activities)
- [2026-23022 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-12/pdf/2026-23022.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-23022 (as of 2026-11-12).