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The FY 2005 Conference Committee on Appropriations asked1 the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) to submit a report detailing the extent to which integrity management plan elements may be applied to...
PHMSA and NAPSR Joint Petition to the Gas Piping Technology Committee (GPTC) (2006)
This report presents the results of our review of the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) Office of Pipeline Safety's (OPS) progress in implementing the recommendations in the Office of Inspector General's March 2000 report, which were later mandated in the Pipeline Safety...
The Integrity Management Program for Gas Distribution Pipelines Final Rule included a revision to 49 CFR Part 192.383 Excess Flow Valve Installation which mandated the installation of excess flow valves (EFV) in certain new and replaced residential service lines.
These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and their responses are intended to provide insight into PHMSA's approach to the issues they describe. They are intended to facilitate understanding of the code, enhance communication with all stakeholders, and provide information to operators concerning...
On December 29, 2006, the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act was signed into law. The law, known as the PIPES Act, includes a provision requiring the senior executive officers of pipeline operating companies to certify annual and semiannual pipeline integrity management...
These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are intended to clarify, explain, and promote better understanding of issues concerning integrity assessment of cased pipe using ECDA. These FAQs are not substantive rules and do not create rights, assign duties, or impose new obligations not outlined in...
Under the 2002 Pipeline Safety and Improvement Act, all gas transmission pipelines located in High Consequence Areas (HCAs) must have an integrity management program (IMP). One aspect of an integrity management program specifically mandated by Congress is that each gas transmission pipeline...
This site provides information about PHMSA’s implementation of Control Room Management oversight, and links to other educational information on human factors and human operational performance.
PHMSA issues this Advisory Bulletin to notify owners and operators of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline systems to advise them to review the capiactiy of their SCADA system to ensure the system has the resorurces to accomodate normal and abnormal operations on it pipeline system.