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GT IM Meetings

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Workshop on Guidelines for Integrity Assessment of Cased Pipe - April, 2010

Cased Pipeline Integrity Assessment Workshop - July, 2008

Oversight Workshop - January, 2005

IM Workshop - May, 2004

Stress Corrosion Cracking - Dec, 2003

The Research and Special Programs Administration’s (RSPA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) and the National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives (NAPSR) cosponsored a workshop on stress corrosion cracking (SCC) with the pipeline industry trade associations (American Petroleum Institute, Association of Oil Pipelines, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, American Gas Association, and NACE International). The workshop provided a forum for the discussion of SCC phenomena in both gas and hazardous liquid pipelines.

Workshop documents (Microsoft PowerPoint files) are available below.

Direct Assessment - Nov. 2003

A workshop on Direct Assessment was sponsored by OPS, NACE and industry on November 4, 2003. The workshop was held at the Wyndham Greenspoint North Hotel in Houston, TX, and was also webcast.

Workshop documents (Microsoft PowerPoint files) are available below.

Washington, DC - May, 28, 2003

A meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee was held in Washington, DC on May 28-30, 2003. Meeting documents are available below.

Dulles, Virginia - April, 25, 2003

The Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA's) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) conducted a public meeting in Dulles, Virginia on April 25, 2003. The purpose of this meeting was to address issues raised at recent meetings on the proposed rule, 49 CFR Part 192.763, "Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas". This meeting was intended to give participants a better understanding of these issues. Meeting documents are available below.

Washington, DC - March, 27, 2003

A meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee was held in Arlington, Virginia on March 27, 2003. A summary of issues raised by Committee members during a discussion of the proposed integrity management rule for gas transmission pipelines is available below.

Washington, DC - March, 14, 2003

The Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA's) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) conducted a public meeting in Washington, DC on March 14, 2003. The purpose of this meeting was to address issues raised at a recent workshop jointly organized by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) Foundation and the American Gas Association (AGA) on the proposed rule, 49 CFR Part 192.763, "Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas". This meeting was intended to give participants a better understanding of the proposed rule. Meeting documents are available below.

Workshop - February, 20, 2003

The second Integrity Management Workshop for Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines was held on February 20, 2003. This workshop was jointly sponsored by the INGAA Foundation and the American Gas Association. Meeting documents are available below.