Gas Distribution Integrity Management Program: Meetings

Upcoming

• Regulations and Code Compliance State Seminars

Completed

• Washington UTC State Pipeline Safety Seminar, June 6, 2018

  • DOT Regulatory Update

  • DIMP Implementation

• Western Region Gas Conference, August 29, 2017

  • DOT Regulatory Update

  • DIMP Implementation

• New York Pipeline Safety Seminar, September 14, 2016

  • DOT Regulatory Update

• Pennsylvania PUC Gas Safety Seminar, September 8, 2016

  • DOT Regulatory Update

• Texas Railroad Commission State Seminar, August 25, 2016

  • DOT Regulatory Update

• Western Region Gas Conference, August 23, 2016

  • DOT Regulatory Update

  • DIMP Implementation

• Texas Gas Association Conference, June 29, 2016

  • DOT Regulatory Update 

• North Carolina State Seminar, April 12, 2016

  • DOT Regulatory Update 

• APGA SIF Operations Conference, Savannah, GA March 29, 2016

  • DOT Regulatory Update

• Southern Gas Association Conference, Columbia, SC March 14, 2016

  • DIMP History and Implementation

• Western Region Gas Conference, Tempe, AZ, August 25, 2015

  • Regulatory Update 

  • DIMP Implementation

• LGA Operations Conference, New Orleans, LA, July 23-24, 2015

  • Presentation – Safety Management Systems (API RP 1173)

  • Presentation – Data Integration 

• SGA DIMP Workshop, Charlotte, NC, March 23-25, 2015

  • DOT Regulatory Update

  • DIMP Implementation

• APGA Operations Conference, Destin, FL, March 2-4, 2015

  • DOT Regulatory Update 

  • DIMP Implementation 

• AGA Distribution Integrity Management Workshop, Ft. Worth, Texas, October 27-28, 2014

• DIMP Webinar, September 4, 2014 [Webinar Recording]

This is the fourth webinar provided by the State and Federal Distribution Integrity Management Program Implementation Team. This webinar covered: Safety Culture; A new DIMP Inspection Form for Field
Observations and Records Review; Findings from DIMP inspections Conducted to Date; Mechanical Fitting
Failure Reporting Data and Analyses; An Operator's Perspective on Successes and Lessons Learned from Implementing DIMP; Plastic Pipe Ad Hoc Committee (NAPSR and PHMSA Team) Activities and PPDC update;
and a question and answer session.

• PDF of September 4, 2014 presentation

• Western Regional Gas Conference, Tempe, AZ, August 19, 2014

• SGA Operating Conference, Houston, TX, July 29, 2014

• LGA Conference and Seminar, New Orleans, LA, July 23-24, 2014

  • DIMP Presentation

  • SMS Presentation

• APGA SIF Operations Conference, Destin, FL, March 25, 2014

• Alabama Pipeline Safety Conference, Montgomery, AL, December 3, 2013

• Western Regional Gas Conference, Tempe, AZ, August 20, 2013

• LGA Conference and Seminar, New Orleans, LA, July 25, 2013

• SGA Operating Conference, Houston, TX, July 23, 2013

• October 30, 2012 – LGA Operations Conference in Houma, LA

  • DIMP Presentation

  • TIMP Presentation

• October 10-11, 2012 – NEPSR Pipeline Safety Seminar in Groton, CT

  • MFFR Presentation

  • DIMP Presentation

• July 24-26, 2012 – LGA Conference and Seminar in New Orleans, LA

  • Presentation 1

  • Presentation 2

  • Presentation 3

• June 27, 2012 - NAPSR/PHMSA DIMP Public Workshop in Dallas/Ft Worth, TX area [More]

• AGA Operations Conference, San Francisco, California, May 4, 2012

  • Session 1 Presentation

  • Session 2 Presentation

• SGA Management Conference, Austin, Texas, April 19, 2012

• APGA SIF Operations Conference, Pensacola Beach, Florida, March 28, 2012

• SGA Spring Gas Conference & Expo, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 21, 2012

• DIMP Implementation Webinar, January 25, 2012

This webinar was provided by the State and Federal Distribution Integrity Management Program Implementation Team. It was the first opportunity for the regulators to share their findings broadly with the regulated community. The webinar included a discussion of analyses of the initial submissions of data concerning mechanical fitting failures in distribution pipelines and a question and answer session. Members of the public were invited to attend this free webinar.

• PDF of January 25, 2012 Presentation

• Midwest Energy Association Operations Conference, Ames, Iowa, August 4, 2011 presentation by Nathan Solem

• SGA DOT Part 192 Update Webinar, October 26, 2011

• SGA Operating Conference & Exhibits, Jacksonville, FL, July 12-14, 2011

• State-Federal DIMP Implementation Team Webinar, June 8, 2011

This is the second of two webinars provided by the State and Federal Distribution Integrity Management Program Implementation Team. This webinar covered: Industry presentations about their experience participating in DIMP pilot inspections, an update on the mechanical fitting failure submissions, some preliminary information about DIMP performance measures and other key metrics, additional information about risk evaluations and farm taps; and a question and answer session.

• PDF of June 8, 2011 presentation

• AGA Operations Conference & Biennial Exhibition, Nashville, TN, May 25, 2011

• State-Federal DIMP Implementation Team Webinar, May 10, 2011

Members of the State and Federal Distribution Integrity Management Program Implementation Team conducted a series of pilot inspections of gas distribution operators' distribution integrity management programs. This was the first of two webinars provided by the Team and covered: the Team's findings and general observations from the pilot inspections; regulators' expectations of operators in implementing their plan; the DIMP inspection forms; and a question and answer session.

• PDF of May 10, 2011 presentation

• APGA Operations Conference Pensacola, FL, April 8, 2011

• CGA Excavation Safety Conference & Expo, March 8, 2011

• Gas Distribution Annual Report and Mechanical Fitting Failure Webinar (2011)

• AGA Public Meeting, Distribution Integrity Management, Chicago, Illinois, August 13, 2008