United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2000_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part III Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c81ead13 D09002ee1c81eae1d United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Research and Special Programs Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This final rule specifies regulations to assess, evaluate, repair and validate through comprehensive analysis the integrity of hazardous liquid pipeline segments that, in the event of a leak or failure, could affect populated areas, areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage and commercially navigable waterways. OPS is requiring that an operator develop and follow an integrity management program that provides for continually assessing the integrity of all pipeline segments that could affect these high consequence areas, through internal inspection, pressure testing, or other equally effective assessment means. The program must also provide for periodically evaluating the pipeline segments through comprehensive information analysis, remediating potential problems found through the assessment and evaluation, and ensuring additional protection to the segments and the high consequence areas through preventive and mitigative measures. Through this required program, hazardous liquid operators will comprehensively evaluate the entire range of threats to each pipeline segment's integrity by analyzing all available information about the pipeline segment and consequences of a failure on a high consequence area. This includes analyzing information on the potential for damage due to excavation; data gathered through the required integrity assessment; results of other inspections, tests, surveillance and patrols required by the pipeline safety regulations, including corrosion control monitoring and cathodic protection surveys; and information about how a failure could affect the high consequence area. The final rule requires an operator to take prompt action to address the integrity issues raised by the assessment and analysis. This means an operator must evaluate all defects and repair those could reduce a pipeline's integrity. An operator must develop a schedule that prioritizes the defects for evaluation and repair, including time frames for promptly reviewing and analyzing the integrity assessment results and completing the repairs. An operator must also provide additional protection for these pipeline segments through other remedial actions, and preventive and mitigative measures. 65 FR 75378 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-12-01/00-29570 00-29570 fr01de00-16 RIN 2137-AD45 4910-60-P Docket No. RSPA-99-6355 Amendment 195-70 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-12-01/00-29570 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-12-01/html/00-29570.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-12-01/pdf/00-29570.pdf Carbon Dioxide High Consequence Areas Integrity Assurance Petroleum Pipeline Safety Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 34 p. 75378 75411 65 FR 75378 Title 49 Part 195 49 CFR Part 195 RIN 2137-AD45 Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas (Hazardous Liquid Operators With 500 or More Miles of Pipeline); Federal Register Vol. 65, Issue RULE 00-29570 III DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Research and Special Programs Administration 2001-03-31 Docket No. RSPA-99-6355 Amendment 195-70 4910-60-P 00-29570 Final rule.

This final rule specifies regulations to assess, evaluate, repair and validate through comprehensive analysis the integrity of hazardous liquid pipeline segments that, in the event of a leak or failure, could affect populated areas, areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage and commercially navigable waterways. OPS is requiring that an operator develop and follow an integrity management program that provides for continually assessing the integrity of all pipeline segments that could affect these high consequence areas, through internal inspection, pressure testing, or other equally effective assessment means. The program must also provide for periodically evaluating the pipeline segments through comprehensive information analysis, remediating potential problems found through the assessment and evaluation, and ensuring additional protection to the segments and the high consequence areas through preventive and mitigative measures. Through this required program, hazardous liquid operators will comprehensively evaluate the entire range of threats to each pipeline segment's integrity by analyzing all available information about the pipeline segment and consequences of a failure on a high consequence area. This includes analyzing information on the potential for damage due to excavation; data gathered through the required integrity assessment; results of other inspections, tests, surveillance and patrols required by the pipeline safety regulations, including corrosion control monitoring and cathodic protection surveys; and information about how a failure could affect the high consequence area. The final rule requires an operator to take prompt action to address the integrity issues raised by the assessment and analysis. This means an operator must evaluate all defects and repair those could reduce a pipeline's integrity. An operator must develop a schedule that prioritizes the defects for evaluation and repair, including time frames for promptly reviewing and analyzing the integrity assessment results and completing the repairs. An operator must also provide additional protection for these pipeline segments through other remedial actions, and preventive and mitigative measures.

Effective Date: This final rule takes effect March 31, 2001. Mike Israni, (202) 366-4571, or by e- mail: mike.israni@rspa.dot.gov, regarding the subject matter of this final rule, or the Dockets Facility (202) 366-9329, for copies of this final rule or other material in the docket. All materials in this docket may be accessed electronically at http://dms.dot.gov. General information about the RSPA/Office of Pipeline Safety programs may be obtained by accessing OPS's Internet home page at http://ops.dot.gov. Carbon Dioxide High Consequence Areas Integrity Assurance Petroleum Pipeline Safety Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Pipeline safety: Hazardous liquid transportation Pipeline integrity management in high consequence areas, mike.israni@rspa.dot.gov http://dms.dot.gov http://ops.dot.gov http://www.bts.gov/gis/ntatlas/networks.html http://www.npms.rspa.dot.gov Vol. 65, no. 232 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2000-12-01 continuing daily deposited born digital 438 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-12-01 P0b002ee1809ede4f 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr01de00 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-12-01 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-12-01/pdf/FR-2000-12-01.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-12-01/xml/FR-2000-12-01.xml fdlp 75153 75579 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-08 FR-2000-12-01 machine generated eng FR FR-2000-12-01 65 232