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PHMSA is issuing guidance on what constitutes sufficient justification to extend a gas pipeline operator's 7-year integrity management reassessment interval by up to six months if the operator submits written notice. The Office of Pipeline Safety recommends that you approve the attached guidance...
Updated July 2024! For safety reasons, lithium batteries must be subjected to a series of design tests per sub-section 38.3 of the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria. This updated publication assists manufacturers and distributors with understanding and implementing the lithium battery test summary...
The Guidelines for States Participating in the Pipeline Safety Program (Guidelines) contain guidance for how State Pipeline Safety Programs must conduct and execute their responsibilities delegated through certification or agreement by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to certain sections...
Condenses information from our most popular publications into an easy to read, 8-page brochure that includes Training requirements, Preparing shipping papers, Using the hazardous materials table, Performance packaging codes, and marking, labeling, and placarding.
Use these methods to investigate if fatigue may have contributed to the mishap. Especially, use these methods if the operators 3 of interest were shift workers, as defined by the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment (Office of Technology Assessment, 2005) and the National Institute for...
This document provides guidance to stakeholders for improving state damage prevention programs. It draws on the definition of effective damage prevention programs found in the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety (PIPES) Act of 2006. Several stakeholder organizations have been...
Informational text-heavy poster on pipeline corrosion.
This study presents an overview of the corrosion threat to gas and liquid pipelines, focusing on the prevention, detection, characterization, and management of internal and external corrosion, primarily on onshore pipelines. The report provides concise information on the state of pipeline...
This report reviews and summarizes the current state of knowledge and practice related to mechanical damage in natural gas and hazardous liquid steel pipelines, with particular focus on transmission pipelines. Comprehensive voluntary interviews were conducted with 10 pipeline operators who...
Notifications Concerning Use of ‘‘Other Technology’’: In order to expedite any potential review, notifications concerning use of ‘‘other technology’’ should include the following information:
1. The operator’s demonstration that the ‘‘other technology’’ can provide an...