Federal brief
Hazardous Materials: Incorporation of ASME Code Section XII and the National Board Inspection Code
Publisher-desk brief on Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration FR 2026-19741 (2026-09-28). Use the filing for dates and comment paths.
PHMSA’s new rule folds ASME Code Section XII and National Board inspection rules into hazardous-materials packaging standards — tank and cylinder shops will feel it first.
Incorporating consensus codes by reference updates what counts as an acceptable tank or boiler design without rewriting every detail in CFR prose.
Filing abstract (agency text): PHMSA is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to incorporate by reference and authorize the use of the 2015 edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section XII--Rules for Construction and Continued Service of Transport Tanks for the construction and…
Hazmat shippers, tank manufacturers, and pipeline integrity teams: map the ASME XII / National Board citations to your current design certificates.
Federal Register filing: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/28/2026-19741/hazardous-materials-incorporation-of-asme-code-section-xii-and-the-national-board-inspection-code
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Source: the official public federal record 2026-19741 · Federal Register · 2026-19741 · 2026-19741.
This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk Federal brief — a short in-house summary of a public federal filing. It is not official agency minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication. It does not satisfy a statutory notice requirement.