Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 25, 2024

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Nov 18, 2024
§ 196.1 - What is the purpose and scope of this part?

This part prescribes the minimum requirements that excavators must follow to protect underground pipelines from excavation-related damage. It also establishes an enforcement process for violations of these requirements.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 60101
source: 80 FR 43866, July 23, 2015, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 196.1