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  1. PHMSA Advisory Bulletin ADB-2014-01: Improvements in Preparing Oil Spill Facility Response Plans
  2. Need to Update your Response Plan (FRP, ICP or OSRP)?
  3. PHMSA Pipeline Safety Notice & Request for Comments
  4. Pipeline Advisory Committee Meetings in DC Area (February 25 & 26)
  5. Louisiana State Police Enforcement of One Call Violations
  6. Pipeline Regulations for iPhone
  7. Mobile Friendly rcp.com
  8. Spring Conference Schedule March – May 2014
  9. DOT Pipeline Compliance Workshop – March 25 – 27, 2014
  10. Class Location Methodology Public Workshop April 16, 2014
  11. Class Location Studies
  12. Editor’s Correction to ANSI Website Link
  13. ASME Training Week – Denver April 14 – 18

PHMSA Pipeline Safety Notice & Request for Comments

[Docket No. PHMSA–2014–0005]

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments on certain information collections that will be expiring in summer of 2014. This Notice identifies several information collection requests that PHMSA will submit to OMB for renewal, including:

  1. Reporting Safety-Related Conditions on Gas, Hazardous Liquid, and Carbon Dioxide Pipelines and Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities: Each operator of a pipeline facility (except master meter operators) must submit to DOT a written report on any safety-related condition that causes or has caused a significant change or restriction in the operation of a pipeline facility or a condition that is a hazard to life, property or the environment.
  2. Gas Pipeline Safety Program Certification and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certification: A state must submit an annual certification to assume responsibility for regulating intrastate pipelines and certain records must be maintained to demonstrate that the state is ensuring satisfactory compliance with the pipeline safety regulations. PHMSA uses that information to evaluate a state’s eligibility for Federal grants.
  3. Pipeline Safety: Report of Abandoned Underwater Pipelines: Upon abandonment of a facility, pipeline operators are required to report certain information about the abandoned underwater pipelines to PHMSA (49 CFR 195.59 and 192.727). The information aids Federal and state pipeline safety inspectors in conducting compliance inspections and investigating incidents.
  4. Pipeline Safety: Periodic Underwater Inspections: The Federal pipeline safety regulations (49 CFR Parts 190–199) require operators to conduct underwater inspections in the Gulf of Mexico. If an operator finds that its pipeline is exposed on the seabed floor or constitutes a hazard to navigation, the operator must contact the National Response Center by telephone within 24 hours of discovery to report the location of the exposed pipeline. This package is being revised to include the collection of information currently under 2137– 0601 which requires operators to report certain information about abandoned underwater pipelines to PHMSA (49 CFR 192.727 and 195.59). This information aids Federal and state pipeline safety inspectors in conducting compliance inspections and investigating incidents. Once this revised information collection is approved, PHMSA will discontinue the collection identified under OMB control number 2137–0601.

Submit comments on or before March 31, 2014 via the E-Gov Website.

For a copy of this PHMSA Notice, contact Jessica Roger.