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  1. PHMSA Updates Gas Transmission IMP Enforcement Guidance
  2. PHMSA Revisions to OPID Assignment Request & Operator Registry Notification
  3. TRRC Chapter 18, Underground Pipeline Damage Prevention
  4. RCP Receives 3 Patents for MAOP Software
  5. Safety Management Systems Meeting
  6. Spring/Summer Conference Schedule
  7. RCP Pipeline Pressure Testing Workshop August 26 & 27
  8. ASME Training Week – Denver April 14 – 18
  9. PHMSA Class Location Methodology Public Workshop – April 16 Hilton Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
  10. Class Location Studies
  11. Send us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of Pipeline Samples, yearning to breathe free.
  12. Join RCP’s MS150 Team from Houston to Austin April 12 – 13

PHMSA Revisions to OPID Assignment Request & Operator Registry Notification

[Docket No. PHMSA-2014-0018]

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) invites comments on its intention to revise two forms, PHMSA F 1000.1-OPID Assignment Request and PHMSA F 1000.2-Operator Registry Notification, and its intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for revised information collection burdens. The information collected from OPID Assignment Request forms and Operator Registry Notification forms is an important tool for identifying new operators and changes to existing pipeline systems as set forth in 49 CFR 191.22 and 195.64.

PHMSA is proposing to revise the OPID Assignment Request Form (PHMSA F 1000.1) to:

  1. Align the gas distribution and gas transmission commodity choices with those found on the annual and incident reports.
  2. Modify the list for types of gas distribution operators to reflect the ownership structure of the operator.
  3. Collect the miles of pipe and facility descriptions for each state.
  4. Eliminate liquefied natural gas (LNG) plans and procedures as a separate safety program type.
  5. Collect business cell phone numbers for contacts in addition to office phone numbers.

PHMSA is proposing to revise the Operator Registry Notification Form (PHMSA F 1000.2) to:

  1. Remove and revise instructions regarding pipeline safety program information submissions at several locations in the form and instructions.
  2. Reduce the number of notification types and the text describing each type to enhance clarity.
  3. Require Type B notifications to indicate whether the operator is assuming or ceasing operatorship of pipeline facilities.
  4. Require separate notifications for an acquisition and a divestiture.
  5. Allow an operator submitting a divestiture to request the deactivation of their OPID.
  6. Align the gas distribution and gas transmission commodity choices with those found on the annual and incident reports.
  7. Collect data about miles of pipeline separate from facilities, such as breakout tanks, storage fields, and compressor stations, in Step 3.
  8. Require operators to provide data about pipeline facilities (Step 3) when they submit a change in entity operating (Type B) notification.
  9. Collect the miles of pipe and facility descriptions for each state.
  10. Add a “Guidance for Selecting the Appropriate Notification Type” section to the instructions.

Comments can be submitted via the E-Gov Website on or before May 30, 2014.

For a copy of the Federal Register notice, contact Jessica Roger.