---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 190.1"
title: "49"
number: "190.1"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/190.1"
---

# §190.1. Purpose and scope.

- (a) This part prescribes procedures used by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in carrying out duties regarding pipeline safety under [49 U.S.C. 60101](/usc/49/60101.md) et seq. (the pipeline safety laws) and [33 U.S.C. 1321](/usc/33/1321.md) (the water pollution control laws).
- (b) This subpart defines certain terms and prescribes procedures that are applicable to each proceeding described in this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 20413, Mar. 27, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 190-6, 61 FR 18512, Apr. 26, 1996; 70 FR 11137, Mar. 8, 2005; Amdt. 190-16, 78 FR 58908, Sept. 25, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(b); 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 20413, Mar. 27, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 20413, Mar. 27, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 190-6, 61 FR 18512, Apr. 26, 1996; 70 FR 11137, Mar. 8, 2005; Amdt. 190-16, 78 FR 58908, Sept. 25, 2013]