---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 192.127"
title: "49"
number: "192.127"
heading: "Records: Pipe design."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/192.127"
---

# §192.127. Records: Pipe design.

- (a) For steel transmission pipelines installed after July 1, 2020], an operator must collect or make, and retain for the life of the pipeline, records documenting that the pipe is designed to withstand anticipated external pressures and loads in accordance with [§ 192.103](/cfr/49/192.103.md) and documenting that the determination of design pressure for the pipe is made in accordance with [§ 192.105](/cfr/49/192.105.md).
- (b) For steel transmission pipelines installed on or before July 1, 2020, if operators have records documenting pipe design and the determination of design pressure in accordance with §§ [192.103](/cfr/49/192.103.md) and [192.105](/cfr/49/192.105.md), operators must retain such records for the life of the pipeline.
- (c) For steel transmission pipeline segments installed on or before July 1, 2020, if an operator does not have records necessary to establish the MAOP of a pipeline segment, the operator may be subject to the requirements of [§ 192.624](/cfr/49/192.624.md) according to the terms of that section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 192-125, 84 FR 52244, Oct. 1, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60101 et. seq., and 49 CFR 1.97.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 192-125, 84 FR 52244, Oct. 1, 2019]