---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 195.13"
title: "49"
number: "195.13"
heading: "What requirements apply to pipelines transporting hazardous liquids by gravity?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/195.13"
---

# §195.13. What requirements apply to pipelines transporting hazardous liquids by gravity?

- (a) **Scope.** Pipelines transporting hazardous liquids by gravity must comply with the reporting requirements of subpart B of this part.
- (b) **Implementation period—**
  - (1) **Annual reporting.** Comply with the annual reporting requirements in [subpart B](/cfr/49/subpartB.md) of this part by March 31, 2021.
  - (2) **Accident and safety-related reporting.** Comply with the accident and safety-related condition reporting requirements in [subpart B](/cfr/49/subpartB.md) of this part by January 1, 2021.
- (c) **Exceptions.**
  - (1) This section does not apply to the transportation of a hazardous liquid in a gravity line that meets the definition of a low-stress pipeline, travels no farther than 1 mile from a facility boundary, and does not cross any waterways used for commercial navigation.
  - (2) The reporting requirements in §§ [195.52](/cfr/49/195.52.md), [195.61](/cfr/49/195.61.md), and [195.65](/cfr/49/195.65.md) do not apply to the transportation of a hazardous liquid in a gravity line.
  - (3) The drug and alcohol testing requirements in [part 199](/cfr/49/part199.md) of this subchapter do not apply to the transportation of a hazardous liquid in a gravity line.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 195-102, 84 FR 52294, 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: Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 195-102, 84 FR 52294, Oct. 1, 2019]