Control Room Management: Key Documents
The following key documents are intended to serve as a resource for operators implementing the recent rulemaking on Control Room Management.
Rulemaking
PHMSA published the Control Room Management/Human Factors final rule in the Federal Register on December 3, 2009, which became effective on February 1, 2010. (A correction to the final rule was published on February 3, 2010.) The final rule established an 18-month program development deadline of August 1, 2011, and a subsequent 18-month program implementation deadline of February 1, 2013. A proposed rule was published on September 17, 2010 that proposed to expedite the program implementation deadline to August 1, 2011, for most of the requirements, except for certain provisions regarding adequate information and alarm management, which would have a program implementation deadline of August 1, 2012.
Program Implementation Deadlines for Different Paragraphs of the 2011 Final Rule
| Paragraph | Deadline |
|---|---|
| (b) Roles & responsibilities | October 1, 2011 |
| (c) Adequate information | (c)(5) – October 1, 2011; (c)(1)–(c)(4) – August 1, 2012 |
| (d) Fatigue mitigation | (d)(2),(3) – October 1, 2012; (d)(1),(4) – August 1, 2012 |
| (e) Alarm management | August 1, 2012 |
| (f) Change management | October 1, 2011 |
| (g) Operating experience | October 1, 2011 |
| (h) Training | Training elements aligned to due date of each element |
Evolution of the Rule
- 49 CFR Parts 192 and 195 | Pipeline Safety: Control Room Management/Human Factors; Final Rule, June 16, 2011
- 49 CFR Parts 192 and 195 | Pipeline Safety: Control Room Management/Human Factors; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), September 17, 2010
- 49 CFR Parts 192 and 195 | Pipeline Safety: Control Room Management/Human Factors, Correction; Final Rule; correction, February 3, 2010
- 49 CFR Parts 192 and 195 | Pipeline Safety: Control Room Management/Human Factors, Correction; Final Rule, December 3, 2009
- View or Download CRM Final Rule in pdf Format
Advisory Bulletins
- View or Download CRM Final Rule in pdf Format
- Pipeline Safety: Leak Detection on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines (1/26/10)
- Pipeline Safety: Countermeasures to Prevent Human Fatigue in the Control Room (08/11/05)
- Pipeline Safety: Potential Service Disruptions in Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (12/23/03)
- Potential Service Interruptions in Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (7/16/99)
- Advisory Bulletin (ADB–99–03)
R&D Related to Control Room Management
Human Factors Analysis of Pipeline Monitoring and Control Operations
- Advisory Bulletin (ADB–99–03)
NTSB SCADA Study (2005)
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) in Liquid Pipelines
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition in Liquid Pipelines
- Overview of SCADA Related Pipeline Accidents
- NTSB Safety Study - Accident Overview
Presentations
- NTSB Safety Study - Accident Overview
- API Pipeline Conference & Control Room Forum, April 25-27, 2017, San Antonio, Texas
- Control Room Management: Byron Coy (USDOT/PHMSA)
- AGA Conference, September 12, 2012, Atlanta, Georgia
- Control Room Management: Byron Coy (USDOT/PHMSA)
- Western Regional Gas Conference, August 24, 2011, Tempe, Arizona
- Control Room Management: Byron Coy (USDOT/PHMSA)
- SGA Conference, July 12, 2011, Jacksonville, Florida
- Control Room Management: Byron Coy (USDOT/PHMSA)
- AGA Operations Conference, May 16, 2011, Nashville, Tennessee
- Control Room Management: Linda Daugherty & Byron Coy (USDOT/PHMSA)
- Metropolitan Gas System Operator Seminar, May 5, 2011, Princeton, New Jersey
- Control Room Management: Byron Coy, PE (USDOT/PHMSA)
- API Annual Pipeline Conference, April 12-13, 2011, San Antonio, Texas
- Control Room Management: Byron Coy, PE (USDOT/PHMSA)
Last updated: Monday, September 24, 2018