This Week in Pipeline Safety

Week ending June 21, 2026

On a regular basis, we will flag the developments that actually touch the requirements pipeline operators and their contractors manage, across federal rules, state programs, and industry standards. No commentary and no spin: just the item, a short source-based “At a glance,” and a direct link so you can read it and decide for yourself. Everything in the “At a glance” boxes is drawn from the rule’s own text and applicability, and linked to the source.

Federal Rules & Federal Register

PHMSA — Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities (notice; request for comments)

Notice published June 18, 2026; comment period open through August 17, 2026 (Docket PHMSA-2026-0529). PHMSA / Federal Register

At a glance

Applies to (per the rule’s scope): GD, GT, GG, UNGS, LNG, HL, CO2 — operators that file annual, incident, and accident reports and submit National Pipeline Mapping System data. (49 CFR Part 191, gas reporting; 49 CFR Part 195, hazardous-liquid and CO2 reporting)
What it is: A notice and request for comments under the Paperwork Reduction Act proposing revisions to the gas, hazardous-liquid/CO2, and LNG annual, incident, and accident report forms and the NPMS collection — including focusing gas-distribution material reporting on high-risk materials, removing the “unaccounted-for gas” item, and consolidating fatality and injury sub-categories on the incident form (per the notice).
Key date(s): Comments due August 17, 2026.
Relates to: 49 CFR Part 191 (gas annual / incident / safety-related-condition reporting); 49 CFR Part 195 (hazardous-liquid and CO2 annual / accident reporting); National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS).

Comment Deadlines Closing Soon

Previously published PHMSA actions whose comment or adverse-comment windows close within the next two weeks. Listed by item and link only.

Clarifying Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Integrity Management Guidance (Direct Final Rule) — Federal Register · Relates to: 49 CFR 195.452 (HL integrity management)
Adjustment to OPID Notifications for Construction (NPRM) — Federal Register · Relates to: 49 CFR 191/195 (operator identification / reporting)
Standards Update — ASTM D2513 (PE gas pipe) — Federal Register · Relates to: 49 CFR 192 Subpart B/D (materials, joining)
Standards Update — ASTM F2620 (PE heat-fusion joining) — Federal Register · Relates to: 49 CFR 192.283 (joining procedures)
Standards Update — NFPA 58 (LP-Gas Code) — Federal Register · Relates to: 49 CFR 192/193 (LPG/LNG)
Standards Update — NFPA 59 (Utility LP-Gas Plant Code) — Federal Register · Relates to: 49 CFR 192/193 (LPG/LNG)
GPAC meeting on the Gas Distribution NPRM (held May 28, 2026) — written public comments on the meeting proceedings due June 29, 2026 — Federal Register · Relates to: 49 CFR Part 192 (gas distribution: DIMP, emergency response, O&M)

No qualifying PHMSA-guidance, state-program, enforcement/NTSB, new-standard-edition, or industry-news items this week. (We scan all of these every week; nothing else in this window met the bar of a new development that changes a tracked requirement.)

Upcoming Industry Events

Regulatory meetings and industry events over roughly the next six months. Dates verified against each organization’s official page or the Federal Register on June 21, 2026; listed soonest-first within each group. (Spring’s major conferences – API Pipeline, AGA Operations, the CGA damage-prevention conference – have already passed; this list reflects the summer-through-fall season.)

Regulatory meetings (federal and state)

NARUC Annual Meeting & Education Conference — November 8–11, 2026 — Puerto Rico (venue to be announced). National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. naruc.org

PHMSA Gas/Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC/LPAC) sessions and FERC technical conferences are not yet scheduled in this window (the GPAC met May 28, 2026; public comments are due June 29). They will be added as they post.

National association and industry conferences

APGA Annual Conference (American Public Gas Association) — July 26–29, 2026 — Providence, RI. apga.org
GPA Midstream Convention — September 20–23, 2026 — San Antonio, TX. gpamidstream.org
International Pipeline Conference & Expo (IPCE) — September 21–25, 2026 — Calgary, AB, Canada (ASME; biennial). event.asme.org/IPC
Pipeline Safety Trust Annual Conference — October 15–16, 2026 — New Orleans, LA. pstrust.org
DCA Fall Meeting (Distribution Contractors Association) — October 19–21, 2026 — Renaissance Dallas Addison, Addison, TX. dcaweb.org
API Storage Tank Conference & Expo — October 19–22, 2026 — Austin, TX. events.api.org
APGA Operations Conference — October 20–22, 2026 — Savannah, GA. apga.org

Regional and state association events

SGA (Southern Gas Association) Operations Conference — July 22–23, 2026 — Austin, TX. southerngas.org
SGA Safety & Training Conference — July 23–24, 2026 — Austin, TX. southerngas.org
Louisiana Gas Association (LGA) Pipeline Safety Conference — August 10–13, 2026 — Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, LA. louisianagasassociation.org
Western Regional Gas Conference (WRGC) — August 25–26, 2026 — Scottsdale, AZ. westernregionalgas.org
MEA National Gas Rodeo & Expo (MEA Energy Association) — September 16–18, 2026 — Florence, KY. meaenergy.org
NGA (Northeast Gas Association) Fall Operations Conference — October 26–27, 2026 — Saratoga Springs, NY. northeastgas.org

Measurement and technical schools/conferences

Appalachian Gas Measurement Short Course (AGMSC) — August 3–6, 2026 — Robert Morris University, Moon Township (Pittsburgh), PA. agmsc.org
American School of Gas Measurement Technology (ASGMT) — August 31 – September 3, 2026 — The Woodlands (Houston), TX. asgmt.com
Gas Machinery Conference (GMC) — October 4–7, 2026 — Indianapolis, IN. gmrc.org

This list is refreshed weekly from the SC events watchlist (federal, state, association, and aggregator sources) and will keep expanding as additional fall and winter dates are posted.

Operator-type key: GT = gas transmission · GD = gas distribution · GG = gas gathering · HL = hazardous liquid · LNG = liquefied natural gas · UNGS = underground natural gas storage · MM = master meter · CO2 = carbon dioxide.

This post is a neutral, plain-language summary of the cited public sources, not legal advice or an SC analysis or interpretation. Applicability shown is drawn from each rule’s own scope. Confirm specifics against the linked source. Portions of this post were prepared with AI assistance and reviewed before publication.

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