On December 23, 2008, Jeff Wiese issued a Stay of Enforcement related to API 5L (43rd Edition) and API 1104 (19th Edition), as long as the more recent editions (44th and 20th, respectively) were used in their place. The PHMSA pipeline safety regulations are very specific about which edition of incorporated standards must be used, and sometimes obsolete editions are intentionally incorporated into the regulations. In this case, however, PHMSA intends to incorporate the more recent editions of these standards and has issued this stay of enforcement on the obsolete editions, pending an update to PHMSA’s rules that will officially incorporate the newer editions.

Editor’s note: Mea Culpa. I knew about this stay in December, but forgot to include it in our January newsletter. Better late than never