G/TBT/N/USA/1624/Add.1  
 
13 January 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  12 January 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Pipeline Safety: Gas Pipeline Regulatory Reform  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 11 January 2021  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 12 March 2021  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-11/html/2021 -00208.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-11/pdf/2021 -00208.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/final_measure/21_0363_00_
e.pdf 
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  
New deadline for comments (i f applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  Pipeline Safety: Gas Pipeline Regulatory Reform  
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT  
ACTION: Final rule; withdrawal of enforcement discretion  
SUMMARY: PHMSA is amending the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations to ease regulatory burdens 
on the construction, maintenance, and operation of gas transmission, distribution, and gathering 
pipeline systems without adv ersely affecting safety. The amendments in this rule are based on 
rulemaking petitions from stakeholders, and DOT and PHMSA initiatives to identify appropriate areas 
where regulations might be repealed, replaced, or modified, and PHMSA's review of public 
comments. PHMSA also, as of the effective date of this final rule, withdraws the 29 March 2019 
"Exercise of Enforcement Discretion Regarding Farm Taps" and the unpublished 27 October 2015 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1624/Add.1  
 
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  letter to the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America announcin g a stay of enforcement 
pertaining to certain pressure vessels.  
DATES:  
Effective Date: This rule is effective 12 March 2021.  
Incorporation by reference date: The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the 
rule is approved by the Direc tor of the Federal Register as of 12 March 2021.  
Voluntary compliance date: 12 March 2021.  
Delayed compliance date: Compliance with the amendments adopted in the rule is required 
beginning 1 October 2021.  
Enforcement discretion withdrawal date: The withdra wal of 84 FR 11253 (26 March 2019) is effective 
as of 12 March 2021.  
This final rule and the notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1624  are identified 
by Docket Number PHMSA -2018-0046. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=PHMSA -2018-0046 and provides access to primary and 
supporting doc uments as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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