---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 192.711"
title: "49"
number: "192.711"
heading: "Transmission lines: General requirements for repair procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/192.711"
---

# §192.711. Transmission lines: General requirements for repair procedures.

- (a) **Temporary repairs.** Each operator must take immediate temporary measures to protect the public whenever:
  - (1) A leak, imperfection, or damage that impairs its serviceability is found in a segment of steel transmission line operating at or above 40 percent of the SMYS; and
  - (2) **It is not feasible to make a permanent repair at the time of discovery.**
- (b) **Permanent repairs.** An operator must make permanent repairs on its pipeline system according to the following:
  - (1)
    - (i) **Non-integrity management repairs for gathering lines and offshore transmission lines—** For gathering lines subject to this section in accordance with [§ 192.9](/cfr/49/192.9.md) and for offshore transmission lines, an operator must make permanent repairs as soon as feasible.
    - (ii) **Non-integrity management repairs for onshore transmission lines—** Except for gathering lines exempted from this section in accordance with [§ 192.9](/cfr/49/192.9.md) and offshore transmission lines, after May 24, 2023, whenever an operator discovers any condition that could adversely affect the safe operation of a pipeline segment not covered by an integrity management program under [subpart O](/cfr/49/subpartO.md) of this part, it must correct the condition as prescribed in [§ 192.714](/cfr/49/192.714.md).
  - (2) **Integrity management repairs—** When an operator discovers a condition on a pipeline covered under Subpart [O](/cfr/49/subpartO.md)-[Gas](/cfr/49/subpartGas.md) Transmission Pipeline Integrity Management, the operator must remediate the condition as prescribed by [§ 192.933(d)](/cfr/49/192.933.md?p=d).
- (c) **Welded patch.** Except as provided in [§ 192.717(b)(3)](/cfr/49/192.717.md?p=b-3), no operator may use a welded patch as a means of repair.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 192-114, 75 FR 48604, Aug. 11, 2010, as amended by Amdt. 192-132, 87 FR 52270, Aug. 24, 2022]

### 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. 192-114, 75 FR 48604, Aug. 11, 2010, as amended by Amdt. 192-132, 87 FR 52270, Aug. 24, 2022]