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RSPA has received 16 petitions for reconsideration of a final rule requiring leak testing of welded joints that tie in pressure-tested segments of pipeline. RSPA is persuaded by the petitions that because these joints are generally subject to nondestructive testing and because the need for leak...
This final rule deletes references to certain voluntary design and construction standards concerning cast iron, ductile iron, wrought steel, and wrought iron pipe; copper pipe and tubing; well casing tubing and drill pipe; bronze flanges; and other materials. The references are no longer needed...
RSPA has received petitions for reconsideration of its final rule requiring operators of pipeline facilities used for the transportation of natural gas or hazardous liquids and operators of liquefied natural gas facilities to have an anti-drug program for persons who. perform certain sensitive...
Excavators frequently sever or damage gas service lines causing loss of life, injury, or property damage by fire and explosion. RSPA proposes to require the installation of excess flow valves (EFVs) on certain new and replaced gas service lines to improve safety and mitigate the consequences of...
Under this final rule, the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of a pipeline may be confirmed or revised as a specified percentage of its past test pressure, provided the test was conducted for at least 8 hours. Previously, a pipeline must have been tested to at least 90 percent of the...
This notice requests information to determine the need for regulations to control the concentration of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in natural gas pipeline systems. There have been several instances in which H2S has entered pipelines inadvertently. High concentrations may be extremely toxic if...
This notice corrects the amendment number of final rule document 89-13388 published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, June 6, 1989 (54 FR 24173). In the document heading on page 24173, the amendment number, Amdt. 192-60A, is changed to read Amdt. 192-63.
Gas pipeline operators who must now inspect for corrosion on buried metallic pipe that is exposed, would be required to investigate further to determine the full extent of any corrosion that is found. At least one major gas pipeline accident might have been prevented had such further...
This amendment updates to the 17th edition (1988) the existing incorporation by reference in the Federal pipeline safety standards of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 1104, "Standard for Welding Pipelines and Related Facilities." The amendment makes no significant substantive...
Correction In rule document 89715435 beginning on page 27881 in the issue of Monday, July 3, 1989, make the following correction: Appendix A to Port 193 [Corrected] On page 27882, in the third column, in amendatory instruction 4, in the fourth line, "188" should read "1988".