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  1. DOT Pipeline Compliance News February 2008 Edition
  2. Colorado Pipeline Regulation Proposals
  3. Comments Posted by the TRRC on Proposed Pipeline Regulations
  4. PIPA Kickoff
  5. Public Awareness Programs and Line Markers Workshop
  6. Need to make sure your Public Awareness Program meets API RP 1162 standards?
  7. 2008 API Pipeline Conference and Cybernetics Symposium
  8. Alberta Energy and Utility Board Splits
  9. ERCB Issues Directive 057: Fencing and Site Access Requirements for Oil and Gas Facilities
  10. ERCB Draft Directive 71 – Emergency Preparedness and Response Requirements for the Petroleum Industry

Comments Posted by the TRRC on Proposed Pipeline Regulations

Comments have been posted in the Railroad Commission of Texas website in response to recently proposed pipeline regulations (16 TAC §§8.206, 8.207, 8.208) regarding risk-based leak inspection, leak grading, and mandatory removal and replacement program for compression couplings used for gas distribution pipelines. A public meeting was held in January to discuss the proposed rule. Some of the comments request a delay in in the final rulemaking process to ensure there are no conflicts with the pending federal regulations on gas distribution integrity management. Other comments were concerned that the repair and leak classification criteria are more strenuous than the GPTC standards. To read the comments submitted, go to the following website: http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/rules/comments/Ch8-new206-207-208-comments.html