Reports

1. Report to Congress: Pipeline Damage Prevention
2. Letter to Congress: Response to the Depth of Cover Study
3. Report to Congress: Pipeline R&D Five-Year Plan
4. Report to Congress: Results of Study on Hazardous Liquid Incidents at Certain Water Crossings
5. PHMSA Tribal Assistance Protocol
6. TRB Special Report 311: Effects of Diluted Bitumen on Crude Oil Transmission Pipelines
7. Report to Congress: Cast Iron Pipelines
8. Pipeline Replacement Updates – Online, publicly accessible database to track progress in replacing cast/ wrought iron and bare steel pipelines
9. Report to Congress: Automatic and Remotely Controlled Shutoff Valves
10. Report to Congress: Leak Detection Systems
11. Final Report: Leak Detection Study
12. Report to Congress: Completion of Hiring Authorized Inspection and Enforcement Personnel
13. Studies for the Requirements of Automatic and Remotely Controlled Shutoff Valves on Hazardous Liquids and Natural Gas Pipelines

Rulemakings and Advisory Bulletins

• Initiated several rulemakings to strengthen gas and liquid pipeline integrity management
  1. "Pipeline Safety: Expanding the Use of Excess Flow Valves in Gas Distribution Systems to Applications Other Than Single-Family Residences" – Docket Number PHMSA-2011-0009
  2. "Pipeline Safety: Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery, Accident and Incident Notification, and Other Pipeline Safety Proposed Changes" – Docket Number PHMSA-2013-0163
  3. "Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines" – Docket Number PHMSA-2011-0023
  4. "Pipeline Safety: Safety of On-Shore Liquid Hazardous Pipelines" – Docket Number PHMSA-2010-0229
• Issued Accident and Incident Notification Time Limit advisory bulletin 1/30/2013.
• Issued Reporting of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure advisory bulletin 12/21/2012.
• Issued Communication During Emergency Situations advisory bulletin 10/11/2012.
• Issued Verification of Records advisory bulletin 5/7/2012.
• Issued Establishing Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure or Maximum Operating Pressure Using Record Evidence, and Integrity Management Risk Identification, Assessment, Prevention, and Mitigation advisory bulletin 1/10/2011.
• Issued Emergency Preparedness Communications advisory bulletin 11/3/2010.