HL IM Key Documents
Guidance
Progress Report
Rule Documents
Please select the document below that suits your needs. The Final Rule (as amended) includes the original rule and the subsequent changes. This version also contains links to related documentation. A pdf version is available for download and printing. The Federal Register notices that published portions of this rule are available for download.
Final Rule (as amended per July 17, 2007 revision)
Federal Register Notices
- Integrity management for operators of hazardous liquid pipelines with more than 500 miles of pipeline (the original rule)
- Revised repair criteria and other minor changes
- Integrity management for operators of hazardous liquid pipelines with less than 500 miles of pipeline
- Integrity management for operators of hazardous liquid pipelines with less than 500 miles of pipeline (Final Rule; correction)
- Pipeline Safety: Alternative Mitigation Measures for Required Repairs Delayed by a Need To Obtain Permits
- Pipeline Safety: Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Threat to Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
- Pipeline Safety: Standards for Direct Assessment of Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines (October 25, 2005)
- Integrity Management Program Modifications and Clarifications (July 17, 2007)
Technical Reports
The following reports are intended to serve as a technical resource for PHMSA and State pipeline safety inspectors evaluating operators' integrity management (IM) programs. Inspectors consider information from a number of sources in determining the adequacy of each IM program. Development of these reports was funded via a Congressional appropriation specifically designated for implementation of IM oversight. These and other similar reports are separate and distinct from the work products associated with and funded via PHMSA's R&D Program.
- Mechanical Damage in Pipelines, Final Report, Michael Baker Jr., April 2009
Mechanical_Damage_Final_Report.pdf - Pipeline Corrosion, Final Report, Michael Baker Jr. Inc., November 2008
FinalReport_PipelineCorrosion.pdf
Pipeline Corrosion Poster, CorrosionPoster.pdf - Comparison of US and Canadian Transmission Pipeline Consensus Standards, Final Report, Michael Baker Jr. Inc., June 2008
FinalReport_TransborderStandards.pdf - Stress Corrosion Cracking Study with Database, Final Report, Michael Baker Jr., Inc., January 2005
SCC_Report-Final_Report_with_Database.pdf - Stress Corrosion Cracking Study without Database, Final Report, Michael Baker Jr., Inc., January 2005
SCC_Report-Final_Report_without_Database.pdf - Dent Study, Final Report, Michael Baker Jr., Inc., November 2004
TTO_10_DentStudy_FinalReport_Nov2004.pdf - Pipe Wrinkle Study Final Report, Michael Baker Jr., Inc., October 2004
TTO_11_PipeWrinkleStudy_FinalReport_Oct2004.pdf - Inspection Guidelines for Timely Response to Geometry Defects, FINAL Report, Michael Baker Jr., Inc., July 2004
TTO7_InspGuidelinesGeometryDefects_FinalReport_July2004.pdf - Spike Hydrostatic Test Evaluation, Final Report, Michael Baker Jr., July 2004
TTO6_SpikeHydrostaticTestEvaluation_FinalReport_July2004.pdf - Hazardous Liquid Leak Detection Techniques and Processes, Final Report, General Physics, April, 2003
LeakDetectionReport_Final_Apr03.pdf - Surface Hydrology Analysis Final Report, Michael Baker Jr., Inc., March 2003
TTO3_Surface_Hydrology_Analysis_031303.pdf - Consequences of HVL Releases - Final Report, Michael Baker Jr., Inc. December 31, 2002
TTO1_Consequences_of_HVL_Releases_FinalReport.pdf - Attachment A - Consequences of HVL Releases - Final Report, Michael Baker Jr., Inc. December 31, 2002
TTO1_Consequences_of_HVL_Releases_FinalReport_AttachmentA.pdf - Attachment B - Consequences of HVL Releases - Final Report, Michael Baker Jr., Inc. December 31, 2002
TTO1_Consequences_of_HVL_Releases_FinalReport_AttachmentB.pdf - Report on the Use of In-Line Inspection Tools for the Assessment of Pipeline Integrity, General Physics, June 2002
GenPhysics_Report_on_ILI_DTRS56-96-C-0002-008.pdf
Last updated: Thursday, December 19, 2019