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Archived Rulemaking: Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline; Maps and Records
An ANPRM was published to generate Information to be used in evaluating the need for requiring additional maps and records of gas pipeline systems as a means of improving pipeline safety. The information obtained showed that additional regulations would not...
Advisory Bulletin (ADB-99-03): Potential Service Interruptions in Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (7/16/99)
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.
Archived Rulemaking: Transportation of hazardous liquids by pipeline; Qualifications of welders.
This amendment incorporates by reference Section IX of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code) into Part 195 for qualification of welders. Welder qualification is presently limited to Section 3 of API Standard 1104...
Advisory Bulletin (ADB-03-09) Potential Service Disruptions in Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (12/23/03)
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...
Advisory Bulletin (ADB-05-06) Countermeasures to Prevent Human Fatigue in the Control Room (08/11/05)
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...
Archived Rulemaking: Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline; Ovality of Field Bends In Steel Pipe
Part 192 limits the ovality of field bends in steel pipe more than 4 inches in diameter by specifying that the maximum outside diameter may not exceed the minimum outside diameter by more than 22 percent of the nominal diameter. This rule in § 192.313(a)(2) has...
Archived Rulemaking: Transportation of-Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline: Recordkeeplng and Accident Reporting
This, notice .proposes to i(1) reduce the overall recordkeeping requirements and to simplify and modify the accident reporting requirements now in effect for operators of interstate pipelines that transport petroleum,petroleum products, or anhydrous ammoma, and (2) make...