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  1. RCP’s VP of Project Development to Speak at the Southern Gas Association’s Public Awareness Workshop, March 23-24
  2. OPS Issues New Liquid Pipeline Integrity Management Inspection Protocols
  3. Integrity Management Plan Up-to-Date?
  4. GAS IMP Oversight Implementation and Inspection Protocol Workshop Presentation Materials Available
  5. Operator Qualification Programs – Direct final rule
  6. Operator Qualification Update – B31Q Comments
  7. Questions Regarding OPA 90 Containment Credits?
  8. Response Plans for Onshore Transportation-Related Oil Pipelines; Final Rule
  9. Are Your Response Plans Current?
  10. Texas Pipeline Regulations – Proposed Revisions
  11. Need help with the new Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) deadline?
  12. New Research and Innovative Technology and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrations Announced
  13. Need to update your Public Awareness Program?
  14. Three-Digit Dialing Roll Out Planned for March 10
  15. Air Permit Needs?
  16. API Publishes RP 1133, Guidelines for Onshore Hydrocarbon Pipelines Affecting High Consequence Floodplains, First Edition
  17. RCP’s Fantastic 1-Page Version of New SPCC Regulation
  18. Railroad Commissioners Approve Pilot Project To Help Conserve Water At Drilling Sites
  19. O&M Manual Up-To-Date?
  20. RCP Services Spotlight – Underwater Inspection Procedures and Interval Risk Modeling

New Research and Innovative Technology and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrations Announced

U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta announced February 15th the creation of two new agencies at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) – one to focus on innovation and research and the other on pipeline and hazardous materials safety – to help the Department more effectively execute its mission of developing and applying innovative technologies to create the transportation system of the 21st century.

The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) were authorized on Nov. 30, 2004 when President Bush signed the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act.

“These new agencies will help the Department focus on two critical priorities for our nation’s transportation system — innovation and safety,” Secretary Mineta said. “RITA reflects how important research and technology are to our core mission, while the creation of PHMSA will continue and strengthen our commitment to safety.”

RITA will be dedicated to the advancement of the department’s priorities for innovation and research in transportation technologies and concepts. PHMSA will oversee the safety of the more than 800,000 daily shipments of hazardous materials in the United States and the 64 percent of the nation’s energy that is transported by pipelines.