Regulations last checked for updates: May 02, 2025

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Mar 20, 2025
§ 195.557 - Which pipelines must have coating for external corrosion control?

Except bottoms of aboveground breakout tanks, each buried or submerged pipeline must have an external coating for external corrosion control if the pipeline is—

(a) Constructed, relocated, replaced, or otherwise changed after the applicable date in § 195.401(c), not including the movement of pipe covered by § 195.424; or

(b) Converted under § 195.5 and—

(1) Has an external coating that substantially meets § 195.559 before the pipeline is placed in service; or

(2) Is a segment that is relocated, replaced, or substantially altered.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103,60101
source: Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 195.557