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In March, we provided you an update of the entire Rulemaking Current Status of the OPS, and then updated it in April. These newsletters have been archived on our web site and can be viewed at
http://www.your-rcp.com/newsletters.html.
The following are the current changes to that summary. The full Rulemaking Summary will be updated by the DOT in the upcoming weeks and will be included in our June Newsletter.
Further Regulatory Review; Gas Pipeline Safety Standards
No further developments.Passage of Internal Inspection Devices
The final rule in response to the petitions, public comments, and recommendations from the advisory committee is now being prepared for publication by May 2000, rather than April as reported last month.Response Plans for Onshore Oil Pipeline
Final action is likely soon.Docket No. RSPA-99-6157
Emergency Flow Restricting Devices (EFRD)
No further developments.Increased Inspection Requirements
No further developments.Pipeline Safety: Underwater Abandoned Pipeline Facilities
(Docket No. RSPA-97-2094)
No further developments Pending Audits?
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Pipeline Safety: Recommendations to Change Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards (Docket No. RSPA-97-2717)
No further developments.Pipeline Safety: Corrosion Control on Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
(Docket No. RSPA-97-2762)
No further developments.Pipeline Safety: Rapid Isolation of Ruptured Sections of Gas Transmission Pipelines
(Docket No. RSPA-97-2879)
No further developments.Pipeline Safety: Periodic Underwater Inspections (Docket No. RSPA-97-3001)
No further developments.Pipeline Safety: Adoption of Industry Standards for Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities
(Docket No. RSPA-97-3002)
No further developments.Pipeline Safety: Enforcement Procedures
(Docket No. RSPA-98-4284)
No further developments.Pipeline Safety: Pressure Testing Older Pipelines in Terminals
(Docket No. RSPA-98-4316)
No further developments.Pipeline Safety: Gas Gathering Line Definition
(Docket No. RSPA-98-4868)
No further developments.Areas Unusually Sensitive to Environmental Damage (USAs)
(Docket No. RSP-99-5455)
No further developments.Pipeline Safety: periodic Updates to Pipeline Safety Regulations (1999)(Docket No. RSPA-99-6106)
No further developments.Pipeline Safety: Producer-operated Outer Continental Shelf Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines that Cross into State Waters
(Docket No. RSPA-99-6132)
No further developments.Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas
(Docket No. RSPA-99-6355)
No further developments.Periodic Updates to Pipeline Safety Regulations (2000)(Docket No. RSPA-99-6355)
No further developments.
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