49 CFR Part 192: a research guide.

A starting point for organizing research into Part 192 and its related integrity-management provisions.

Define the question.

Start with the pipeline context and the decision you need to support. Record the section and paragraph you are researching rather than relying on a Part-wide summary.

Follow related provisions.

Use cross-references to identify material to read next. Confirm the referenced paragraph and its role in the question; a link does not decide applicability.

Organize the evidence.

Keep the cited text, related guidance and your own interpretation distinct.

Worked example: a records question at 192.624

Example prepared: 2026-09-12. This separate gas-pipeline exercise uses a historical source slice and fictional facts. It does not carry a liquid-pipeline applicability answer into Part 192. The question is: what remains to be checked before a reviewer can evaluate a maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) reconfirmation question?

Read the gas provision independently

Open Part 192 in the October 1, 2023 annual edition, printed page 524, where 192.624 begins. Its subject is MAOP reconfirmation for onshore steel transmission pipelines. In that edition, paragraph (a) sets out applicability conditions; paragraph (a)(1) combines a records question with location criteria. Read all of paragraph (a), including its other branch, rather than turning a missing document into an automatic answer.

This source location and edition were checked separately for this bounded example on 2026-09-12. This is not a review of later amendments, present deadlines, an operator's records or the method appropriate to a real segment.

Record a missing fact without deciding the outcome

Fictional known facts: the question concerns an onshore steel gas transmission segment. A researcher has been given a pressure-test summary, but not the underlying records or a confirmed location classification.

Working note: read 192.624(a) in the selected edition and record its cross-references. The summary alone does not establish what the underlying records contain.

Assumption for review: the summary refers to this segment. Alternative to examine: it may describe different boundaries or omit relevant records. Do not classify the full record set from the summary alone.

Open checks: request the underlying records, their connection to the segment and the documented location basis. Have the reviewer examine the complete applicability provisions and the edition needed for the actual decision before selecting a method or schedule. This exercise selects neither.

Prepare the reviewer handoff

Use the research-review checklist with this gas question's own source references and facts. Preserve the distinction between a conditional planning scenario based on a proposal and a decision based on effective requirements. A shared note format does not make the gas and liquid provisions interchangeable.

Check the source and date

Use the cited government regulation or case document to establish what it says. Check the relevant date, scope and later amendments before applying it. Related interpretation letters, guidance, summaries and case allegations have different roles; they do not all state a binding requirement.

Continue your research

Record your question, the source passages you reviewed and anything still uncertain. KONDWIT can help organize that research; your team remains responsible for reviewing the conclusion.

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