{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-196.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 196.1","heading":"What is the purpose and scope of this part?","body":"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.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER I—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER D—PIPELINE SAFETY","PART 196—PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND PIPELINES FROM EXCAVATION ACTIVITY","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"996ba33a1d725e0305342d7d4f707df4c686599d60e2a45e47fe60a65bb5d5ea","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-appendix-c-to-part-195","next":"us/49-cfr-196.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}