RCP hosts a small but enthusiastic team of riders in MS150 bike rides, including the upcoming BP MS150 on April 12-13 from Houston to Austin. Your humble newsletter editor is happy to suffer a bit for a good cause, but he has his limits. The RCP team rents a ranch outside LaGrange for the overnight…
March 2014
Spring Conference Schedule March – May 2014
Have you registered and confirmed your reservations for these upcoming conferences? RCP and RCP Integrity Services will be attending. We hope to see you there! NACE Corrosion 2014 Conference & Expo March 9-13, 2014 Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center; San Antonio, Texas RCP Integrity Services is a proud sponsor of Corrosion 2014. Click on the…
RCP Integrity Services www.rcpIS.com
Looking for more pipeline integrity and corrosion control services? Check out the new website for RCP Integrity Services at www.rcpIS.com. We have a new look that is also mobile friendly. RCP Integrity Services (RCPIS) supports RCP’s pipeline integrity and corrosion control services including Operational Reliability Assessments and Integrity Management Programs. RCP Integrity Services, along with…
ASME Training Week – Denver April 14 – 18
Check out the pipeline training programs offered by ASME in Denver the week of April 14-18, 2014. Subject Matter Experts from RCP will provide training on the first day regarding pipeline pressure testing. Other courses are offered on ASME B31.4 (liquid transmission) and ASME B31.8 (gas transmission), as well as Composite Repairs, Defect Assessment, Inline…
Safety Management Systems Meeting
PHMSA hosted a workshop on the pending API Recommended Practice 1173 on Pipeline Safety Management System Requirements. The agenda and presentations from the workshop are available here. The draft document can be accessed here. Public comments on the draft will be accepted until April 11, 2014. Comments must be submitted online at http://ballots.api.org/login.aspx. The ballot…
NPMS Data Submission
As a reminder, gas transmission operators are requested to submit their NPMS data (or notification of no changes) by March 15, 2014. The data should reflect assets as of 12/31/13. Hazardous liquid operators are requested to submit their NPMS data (or notification of no changes) by June 15, 2014. The data should reflect assets as…
PHMSA Advisory Committee Meetings
As mentioned in our last newsletter, PHMSA held a day and a half of joint gas and liquid advisory committee meetings in the DC area on February 25-26. Only one official vote was taken, regarding the use of re-worked materials for plastic gas piping. The committee was unanimous that they did not support this option…
PHMSA Advisory Committee Meetings
As mentioned in our last newsletter, PHMSA held a day and a half of joint gas and liquid advisory committee meetings in the DC area on February 25-26. Only one official vote was taken, regarding the use of re-worked materials for plastic gas piping. The committee was unanimous that they did not support this option…
PHMSA Updates DIMP Enforcement Guidance
The Department of Transportation/Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) updated its Gas Distribution Pipeline Integrity Management Enforcement Guidance for 49 CFR Subpart P. The document is intended for internal use by the PHMSA pipeline safety enforcement staff – but is also available to the public and pipeline operators. This guidance document describes the practices used…
API Pipeline Conference and Cybernetics Symposium April 19-22, 2010
The Annual API Pipeline Conference will be held April 19-22 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in New Orleans, LA. The premier conference and symposium of their kind in the U.S. will provide over 100 session topics of critical importance to the pipeline and related industries. Early registration ends March 31, 2010 and the cut…
Notice of Minimum Annual Percentage Rate for Random Drug Testing
[Docket ID PHMSA-2010-0034] Operators of gas, hazardous liquid, and carbon dioxide pipelines and operators of liquefied natural gas facilities must select and test a percentage of covered employees for random drug testing. Pursuant to 49 CFR 199.105(c)(2), (3), and (4), the PHMSA Administrator’s decision on whether to change the minimum annual random drug testing rate…