DOT Pipeline Safety Regulations Course Program
Overview and Guidelines for Compliance
March 27-28, 2007
Day 1
1. Pipeline Safety Laws
- Background
- History and Implementation of Pipeline Safety Regulations
- The Rule-Making Process
- HR 5782 - Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2006
- CFR 49-601: Pipeline Safety - as Amended by the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002
2. Regulatory Structure
- Agencies and Their Jurisdictions
3. Overview of the Regulations
- Applicability
- High-Level Key Elements
- Retroactive Sections, Definitions, Jurisditional lines
- Determining Jurisdiction
- Breakout Tanks
- Navigable Waterways
- Gas Gathering Lines
4. Enforcement Process
- Compliance
- Basic Record-keeping Requirements
- Federal and State Waivers and Interpretations
- OPS Inspection Checklists
- Petition for Waiver
5. Class Locations
6. Reporting Requirements
- Reporting Requirements Overview
- Filing Reports On-line
- Part 191 Reporting–Annual, Incident, Safety Related Condition
- Part 192 Gas Integrity Management–Subpart O. Pipeline Integrity Management
- Part 193 – key requirements and elements
- Part 195 Reporting–Annual, Incident, Safety Related Condition, Other Special
Requirements
- Part 199 Annual Drug/Alcohol MIS Report
- Special Reporting Requirements–National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS)
- ANSI Safety-Related Condition Chart
- National Response Center Reporting Form
- OPS Advisory Bulletins – January and July 2005 – see section 7 (c) below
Day 2
7. Regulatory Update
- Operator Qualification
- Basic Review of the OQ Rule
- Commercially Available OQ Options for Operators
- Pros/Cons of Internal vs. External OQ
- Discussion Points/Considerations
- OQ Regulations Update
- New rulemakings
- OPS Advisory Bulletins – April 2005, January 2006 – see section (c) below
- OQ Protocols
- OPS Operator Inspection Form
- OPS Field Inspection Checklist
- Public Safety Awareness regulations
- OPS Notices and Advisory Bulletins
- Public Meeting on Distribution Integrity Management
- Natural Gas Gathering Lines – Final Rule (2006)
- Advisory Bulletins (2005-2006)
8. MAOP and MOP Determination for Gas and Liquids Pipelines
9. Integrity Management
- Regulations Update
- Federal Liquids
- State of Texas
- Federal Gas
- IM Requirements
- HCAs
- Gas IM Protocols (2006)
- Overview of Baseline Assessment Techniques
Interpretations and notes
Glossary and acronyms
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