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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.
PHMSA issues this Advisory Bulleting to pipeline owners and operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipeline who use Superviosry Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Pipeline owners and operators should establish thorough testing regimes when they design and implement modifications and...
PHMSA issues this Advisory Bulletin to owners and operators of natural gas anad hazardous liquid pipelines and LNG facilities. It is to help ensure that controllers are not assigned to shift duties while fatigues, to advise pipeline operators on considerations which could cause a reduction of...
PHMSA issues this Advisory Bulletin to pipeline owners and operators who should establish thorough testing regimes when they design and implement modifications and enhance their Supervisory Control and Data Systems.
It has been seven years since the IM rule was published on December 15, 2003, and the baseline assessments of pipe that could potentially affect HCAs have mostly been completed. Thus, PHMSA is taking this opportunity to evaluate the progress and effectiveness of this major initiative. This...