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In This Issue

  1. Editor’s Federal Register Trivia of the Month
  2. RSPA Results Winter 2002 – 2003 Edition
  3. O&M Manual Up-To-Date?
  4. SPCC Plan Deadline Extensions
  5. EPA SPCC Rule Corrections
  6. RCP Develops Fantastic Version of New SPCC Regulation
  7. DOT Pipeline Compliance Workshop – March 19-20, 2003 – Houston Includes update on the new Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 signed into law on Dec 17, 2002
  8. Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Clean Water Act Regulatory Definition of “Waters of the United States”
  9. Air Permit Needs?
  10. API Operator Workshop on IMP Implementation
  11. Updates of Digital Mapping Data for Hazardous Liquid Pipeline High Consequence Areas (HCA)
  12. New Louisiana Intra-state Rules for Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
  13. New Federal Website for Comments on Rulemakings
  14. Interested in Web-Based Compliance Management Systems?
  15. Texas GLO Oil Spill Information Transfer Meeting
  16. Acquiring a pipeline?
  17. Emergency Reconstruction of Interstate Natural Gas Facilities Under the Natural Gas Act
  18. Notice of proposed rulemaking: Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas (Gas Transmission Pipelines)
  19. NPMS Advisory Bulletin (ADB-03-02)
  20. National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) Breakout Tank Submissions

Updates of Digital Mapping Data for Hazardous Liquid Pipeline High Consequence Areas (HCA)

OPS has updated and revised the High Consequence Area (HCA) digital mapping datasets. Updated digital mapping data to delineate high consequence areas for use in geographic information systems is now available for high population areas, other populated areas, and commercially navigable waterways. Population information updates are based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s TIGER 2000 datasets. Updates for commercially navigable waterways are based on the 2002 version of the National Waterways Network as provided by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The digital mapping datasets for Ecological and Drinking Water Unusually Sensitive Areas (USA) are not being updated at this time. All updated data is available for download from the NPMS Web site at www.npms.rspa.dot.gov. Operators have one year from January 22, 2003, to incorporate these new high consequence areas into their baseline integrity management assessment plans. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam Hall, (202) 493-0591; or by e-mail, samuel.hall@rspa.dot.gov. Steve Fischer, (202) 366-6267; or by e-mail, steven.fischer@rspa.dot.gov.

Editor’s shameless commerce statement: If you don’t already have digital maps of your pipeline systems and the relevant HCAs, we would be glad to assist you in that effort. We use ArcView for pipeline and HCA mapping, and will be glad to turn over the digital files for your personnel to use upon project completion.