---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1.96"
title: "49"
number: "1.96"
heading: "The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1.96"
---

# §1.96. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.


Is responsible for:

- (a) **Pipelines.**
  - (1) Administering a national program of safety in natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline transportation including identifying pipeline safety concerns, developing uniform safety standards, and promulgating and enforcing safety regulations;
  - (2) Increasing the gas and liquid pipeline industry's focus on safety beyond compliance with minimum standards, with particular attention to developing strong safety cultures in regulated entities;
  - (3) Enhancing information awareness systems at the State and local levels to reduce pipeline damage from excavation and providing grants to support these systems; and
  - (4) Encouraging the timely replacement of aging and deteriorating pipelines in distribution systems, especially in areas with high potential negative consequences to public safety and the environment.
- (b) **Hazardous materials.**
  - (1) Administering a national program of safety, including security, in multi-modal hazardous materials transportation including identifying hazardous materials safety concerns, developing uniform safety standards, and promulgating and enforcing safety and security regulations; and
  - (2) Conducting outreach and provide available grants assistance to increase awareness and emergency preparedness.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 19819, Apr. 5, 2016, unless otherwise noted.