In October, 2009, the NTSB issued a Safety Recommendation that PHMSA initiate a program to evaluate pipeline operators’ public education programs, including pipeline operators’ self-evaluations of the effectiveness of their public education programs. Since then, PHMSA organized an ad hoc team which developed inspection forms and guidance information regarding these inspections, which are scheduled to…
April 2011
PHMSA Technology Transfer Workshop June 23 – Columbus, OH
The PHMSA R&D Program is pleased to announce the up-coming Free R&D Technology Transfer Workshop: Matrix Phased-Array (MPA) Ultrasonic Testing for Pipeline Inspection. The purpose of this PHMSA funded workshop is to transfer MPA knowledge to the U.S. pipeline industry. During the recent NTSB hearing on the San Bruno, California incident this technology was one…
National Safe Digging Month
April 2011 will once again be National Safe Digging Month (NSDM), the time of year when all Common Ground Alliance (CGA) stakeholders come together to communicate how important it is that professionals and homeowners alike call 811 and follow the safe digging process to help prevent injuries, property damage and inconvenient outages. To assist damage…
Common Ground Alliance Publishes Best Practices Version 8.0
The Common Ground Alliance has published Version 8.0 in field manual form. The entire book is also available to download (PDF) here. The new practices and modifications incorporated into the latest version include: Practice 4-21, “Service Connection,” was added to chapter 4. Practice 5-23 was updated to include a second paragraph within the Practice Statement…
AGA Ops Conference & Biennial Exhibit May 24 -27 at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, TN
The annual AGA Operations Conference is the natural gas industry’s premier gathering of natural gas utility and transmission company operations management from across North America and the world for the sharing of technical knowledge, ideas and practices to promote the safe, reliable, and cost-effective delivery of natural gas to the end-user. RCP invites you to…
API Pipeline Conference April 12 – 13
The 62nd annual API Pipeline Conference is being held April 12th and 13th at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country in San Antonio, Texas. The API Pipeline Environmental and Safety Awards will be presented during the luncheon on Wednesday, April 13th. For the Conference program, advance registration, and hotel information click here. For award program and…
PHMSA Pipeline Safety Executive Forum April 18 – Washington, DC
The Department of Transportation/Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (DOT/PHMSA) is hosting a half-day Forum to bring together safety experts, researchers, industry representatives, State partners, other Federal agency officials as well as members of the public to share their expertise, experiences, research, and ideas regarding the status of the nation’s pipeline infrastructure and to address pipeline…
Transmission Annual Report Deadlines
During a recent webinar on how to complete the revised annual report for gas transmission pipelines, PHMSA announced the deadline to submit this year’s gas transmission annual report has been moved back to August 15th. Annual reports for 2012 and beyond will revert to the March 15 deadline. PHMSA will be providing some additional webinars…
Control Room Management Services
RCP is able to provide pipeline operators with fully compliant, customized Control Room Management Programs that take advantage of any existing processes that are currently in place and develop new processes that are tailored to your organization’s ability to successfully implement. RCP also has the expertise to conduct readiness assessments as well as compliance analysis…
Control Room Management – Deadline Modifications
On September 17, 2010, PHMSA published a Control Room Management/Human Factors notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to expedite the program implementation deadlines to August 1, 2011, for most of the requirements, except for certain provisions regarding adequate information and alarm management, which would have a program implementation deadline of August 1, 2012. That proposed…
PHMSA Updates DIMP FAQ’s
The following Distribution Integrity Management Frequently Asked Questions were updated or added on March 10, 2011. C.3.8 What do operators need to have implemented by August 2, 2011? By August 2, 2011, operators of gas distribution systems (other than a master meter or small LPG operator) must have developed and implemented an integrity management program…
DOT Pipeline Compliance Workshop – May 10-12, 2011
Join us May 10 – 12 in Houston at our new office and dedicated training facility for an informative, lively, and interactive workshop on DOT Pipeline Compliance and OPA Planning for DOT Pipelines. This workshop has been attended by hundreds of pipeline personnel, with excellent feedback. The workshop provides an overview of the DOT pipeline…