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  1. Register Now for the DOT Pipeline Compliance Workshop
  2. Reconsideration of Natural Gas Pipeline MAOP for Class Locations
  3. Pipeline Safety: Mechanical Damage Technical Workshop
  4. Integrity Management Services
  5. Hurricane Impacts in the Gulf of Mexico
  6. Need to Update your Response Plan (FRP, ICP or OSRP)?
  7. Hurricane Response Conference Set For March
  8. O&M Manual Up-To-Date?
  9. Safe Excavation and Backfilling Advisory
  10. OPS Clarification of Public Awareness Requirements
  11. Need to make sure your Public Awareness Program meets API RP 1162 standards?
  12. Liquid Pipeline Integrity Data on the Web
  13. RCP Services Spotlight – RCP Auditing, Due Diligence and Expert Witness Services
  14. Gas Gathering Line – Definition, TPSSC Meeting
  15. Need to Update Your Current Operator Qualification Program?
  16. New Chief of PHMSA?
  17. PHMSA Web Site Initiative
  18. RCP’s Fantastic 1-Page Version of SPCC Regulation
  19. Excavation Monitoring and Observation
  20. Will your SPCC Plan pass an EPA inspection based on the new SPCC Inspectors’ Guidance document?
  21. Revision to Gas Integrity Management Inspection Protocols

Excavation Monitoring and Observation

API RP 1166

Excavation damage is a major cause of pipeline incidents and personal injuries. The American Petroleum Institute has recently released the first edition of Publication 1166, Excavation Monitoring and Observation, designed to protect the public, excavation employees, and the environment by preventing damage to pipelines from excavation activities, and to provide a consistently applied decision-making process for monitoring and observing excavation and other activities on or near pipeline rights-of-way.

To order Publication 1166, go to http://www.global.ihs.com and search for the keyword “excavation.” The cost for non-API members is $85. For information, contact Andrea Johnson at (202) 682-8107 or johnsona@api.org.