49 C.F.R. § 195.412

Inspection of rights-of-way and crossings under navigable waters

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(a) Each operator shall, at intervals not exceeding 3 weeks, but at least 26 times each calendar year, inspect the surface conditions on or adjacent to each pipeline right-of-way. Methods of inspection include walking, driving, flying or other appropriate means of traversing the right-of-way.

(b) Except for offshore pipelines, each operator shall, at intervals not exceeding 5 years, inspect each crossing under a navigable waterway to determine the condition of the crossing.

[Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, as amended by Amdt. 195-24, 47 FR 46852, Oct. 21, 1982; Amdt. 195-52, 59 FR 33397, June 28, 1994]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1981–2009 · leading case: Cipriani v. Sun Pipe Line Co., 574 A.2d 706 (Pa. 1990).
Cipriani v. Sun Pipe Line Co., 574 A.2d 706 (Pa. 1990). · cites it 2× “49 C.F.R. § 195.412 . At trial, Sun admitted that it conducted an aerial surveillance of the pipeline on November 8, 1982.”
Exxonmobil Pipeline Co. v. Union Pac. R.R., 15 So. 3d 246 (La. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “See 49 C.F.R. § 195.412 ; 49 C.F.R. § 195.420 ; 49 C.”
Avery v. Colonial Pipeline Co., 444 S.E.2d 363 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994). “49 CFR § 195.412 (a). The areas referred to in the letter include plaintiffs’ properties.”
Mobil Pipe Line Co. v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Env't Resources, 435 A.2d 934 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1981). · cites it 2× “Despite its heavy reliance on federal regulations, the EHB ignored the requirements pertaining to the monitoring and inspection of pipeline embodied in 49 C.F.R. §195.412 (1975). 9 The record reveals that Mobil complied fully with the standard of care created by the applicable…”
Brister v. Gulf Cent. Pipeline Co., 684 F. Supp. 1373 (W.D. La. 1988). “49 C.F.R. § 195.412 (1987) provides in part: *1384 (a) Each operator shall, at intervals not exceeding three weeks, but at least 26 times each calendar year, inspect the surface conditions on or adjacent to each pipeline right-of-way.”
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