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This notice, issued in advance of a proposed rule, invites ,public comment on the need for additional regulations or a certification program regarding the qualification of personnel who design, construct, operate, or maintain gas or hazardous liquid pipelines. The comments are to assist OPS in...
One part of the current damage prevention rule requires operators, when advised of intended excavation, to give the excavator notice of whether there is or is not a buried pipeline in the area of excavation. This amendment deletes the requirement to give such notice when the operator does not...
The following key documents are intended to serve as a resource for operators implementing the recent rulemaking on Control Room Management.
Rulemaking
PHMSA published the Control Room Management/Human Factors final rule in the Federal Register on December 3, 2009, which became...
This final rule amends the criteria used to classify pipelines located near certain buildings and outside areas that are occupied infrequently. The effect is to relieve the undue burdens imposed by the current rules when pipelines are near these buildings or areas. Considering the risk, an...
Operators of gas pipelines and associated liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities and hazardous liquid pipelines would be required to report unsafe conditions in addition to the incidents or accidents they currently are required to report. These new reporting requirements were mandated by...
This notice proposes to permit the use of an alternative method for determining the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of a gas pipeline when its class location (population density increases. The alternative would permit reduction of MAOP in direct proportion to a previous test pressure...
This notice proposes to amend the gas pipeline safety regulations to except non-welded tie-in joints from the pressure test requirements. The regulations currently except welded tie-in joints; and the rationale for this exception applies equally to non-welded tie-in joints.
Welcome. This site is administered by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), and provides information concerning regulations for Control Room Management (CRM) for gas and hazardous liquid pipelines regulated under 49 CFR Parts 192 and 195, respectively.
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