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  1. Conducting Activities in the Vicinity of Offshore Pipelines
  2. PHMSA Administrator Confirmed
  3. Washington State – Land Use Near Existing Pipelines Report
  4. Will your SPCC Plan pass an EPA inspection based on the new SPCC Inspectors’ Guidance document?
  5. Technical Advisory Committee Meetings – Workshops
  6. B31Q Status
  7. Public Awareness Program Submittal
  8. Summary of PHMSA Enforcement Actions
  9. The Role of Pipelines and Pipeline Research
  10. Hazardous Liquid Annual Report 7000-1.1
  11. Need to Update Your Current Operator Qualification Program?
  12. Petroleum Gathering Lines – Rulemaking Schedule
  13. API/AOPL submit recommendations for High Volume, Low Stress liquid pipelines

Conducting Activities in the Vicinity of Offshore Pipelines

On June 5, 2006, the Minerals Management Service issued Safety Alert No. 240 concerning activities in the vicinity of offshore pipelines. The text of the safety alert is given below:

Please be aware that some pipelines have shifted from their original as-built location as a result of 2005 hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to conducting any bottom disturbing activities around pipelines, take precautions such as, but not limited to, contacting appropriate companies for accurate pipeline coordinates or use appropriate survey equipment to obtain exact pipeline locations. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) updates and maintains a database that contains pipeline “as-built” locations. These data points are accessed and used by industry, the public, and other government agencies. The intent of this information sharing is to minimize the possibility of pipelines interfering with other users of the OCS. The MMS recommends that lessees and right-of-way holders provide data immediately to MMS, Office of Field Operations, Pipeline Section, on pipeline as-built locations once any deviation from the original pipeline as-built route is discovered.

For more information, contact:
Elizabeth Komiskey with the MMS at (504) 736-2418.