---
kind: "unit"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
key: "stVIII/ch601"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 601"
heading: "Safety"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/stVIII-ch601"
sections_count: 43
---

# Chapter 601 — Safety

Title 49 — Transportation › Subtitle VIII — Pipelines

## Sections

- [§60101. Definitions](/usc/49/60101.md)
- [§60102. Purpose and general authority](/usc/49/60102.md)
- [§60103. Standards for liquefied natural gas pipeline facilities](/usc/49/60103.md)
- [§60104. Requirements and limitations](/usc/49/60104.md)
- [§60105. State pipeline safety program certifications](/usc/49/60105.md)
- [§60106. State pipeline safety agreements](/usc/49/60106.md)
- [§60107. State pipeline safety grants](/usc/49/60107.md)
- [§60108. Inspection and maintenance](/usc/49/60108.md)
- [§60109. High-density population areas and environmentally sensitive areas](/usc/49/60109.md)
- [§60110. Excess flow valves](/usc/49/60110.md)
- [§60111. Financial responsibility for liquefied natural gas facilities](/usc/49/60111.md)
- [§60112. Pipeline facilities hazardous to life and property](/usc/49/60112.md)
- [§60113. Customer-owned natural gas service lines](/usc/49/60113.md)
- [§60114. One-call notification systems](/usc/49/60114.md)
- [§60115. Technical safety standards committees](/usc/49/60115.md)
- [§60116. Public education programs](/usc/49/60116.md)
- [§60117. Administrative](/usc/49/60117.md)
- [§60118. Compliance and waivers](/usc/49/60118.md)
- [§60119. Judicial review](/usc/49/60119.md)
- [§60120. Enforcement](/usc/49/60120.md)
- [§60121. Actions by private persons](/usc/49/60121.md)
- [§60122. Civil penalties](/usc/49/60122.md)
- [§60123. Criminal penalties](/usc/49/60123.md)
- [§60124. Biennial reports](/usc/49/60124.md)
- [§60125. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/49/60125.md)
- [§60126. Risk management](/usc/49/60126.md)
- [§60127. Population encroachment and rights-of-way](/usc/49/60127.md)
- [§60128. Dumping within pipeline rights-of-way](/usc/49/60128.md)
- [§60129. Protection of employees providing pipeline safety information](/usc/49/60129.md)
- [§60130. Pipeline safety information grants to communities](/usc/49/60130.md)
- [§60131. Verification of pipeline qualification programs](/usc/49/60131.md)
- [§60132. National pipeline mapping system](/usc/49/60132.md)
- [§60133. Coordination of environmental reviews](/usc/49/60133.md)
- [§60134. State damage prevention programs](/usc/49/60134.md)
- [§60135. Enforcement transparency](/usc/49/60135.md)
- [§60136. Petroleum product transportation capacity study](/usc/49/60136.md)
- [§60137. Pipeline control room management](/usc/49/60137.md)
- [§60138. Response plans](/usc/49/60138.md)
- [§60139. Maximum allowable operating pressure](/usc/49/60139.md)
- [§60140. Cover over buried pipelines](/usc/49/60140.md)
- [§60141. Standards for underground natural gas storage facilities](/usc/49/60141.md)
- [§60142. Pipeline safety enhancement programs](/usc/49/60142.md)
- [§60143. Idled pipelines](/usc/49/60143.md)