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 2008_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part II Proposed Rules D09002ee1c8084206 D09002ee1c80842f0 United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency PHMSA proposes to revise the Federal pipeline safety regulations to address human factors and other components of control room management. The proposed rules would require operators of hazardous liquid pipelines, gas pipelines, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities to amend their existing written operations and maintenance procedures, operator qualification (OQ) programs, and emergency plans to assure controllers and control room management practices and procedures used maintain pipeline safety and integrity. This proposed rule results from a PHMSA study of controllers and controller performance issues known as the Controller Certification Project (CCERT), a National Transportation Safety Board study, safety- related condition reports, operator visits and inspections, and inquiries. This rule would improve opportunities to reduce risk through more effective control of pipelines and require the human factors management plan mandated by the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006 (PIPES Act). These regulations would enhance pipeline safety by coupling strengthened control room management, including automated control systems, with improved controller training and qualifications and fatigue management. PHMSA expects these regulations will complement efforts already underway in the pipeline industry to address human factors and control room management, such as the development of new national consensus standards, including an American Petroleum Institute (API) recommended practices on roles and responsibilities, shift operations, management of change, fatigue management, alarm management and SCADA display standard, as well as comparable business practices at some pipeline companies. 73 FR 53076 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-09-12/E8-20701 E8-20701 fr12se08-26 RIN 2137-AE28 4910-60-P Docket ID PHMSA-2007-27954 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-09-12/E8-20701 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-09-12/html/E8-20701.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-09-12/pdf/E8-20701.pdf Incorporation by Reference Gas Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Liquefied Natural Gas Ammonia Carbon Dioxide Petroleum 29 p. 53076 53104 73 FR 53076 Title 49 Part 192 49 CFR Part 192 Title 49 Part 193 49 CFR Part 193 Title 49 Part 195 49 CFR Part 195 RIN 2137-AE28 Pipeline Safety: Control Room Management/Human Factors; Federal Register Vol. 73, Issue PRORULE E8-20701 II DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 2008-11-12 Docket ID PHMSA-2007-27954 4910-60-P E8-20701 Notice of proposed rulemaking.

PHMSA proposes to revise the Federal pipeline safety regulations to address human factors and other components of control room management. The proposed rules would require operators of hazardous liquid pipelines, gas pipelines, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities to amend their existing written operations and maintenance procedures, operator qualification (OQ) programs, and emergency plans to assure controllers and control room management practices and procedures used maintain pipeline safety and integrity. This proposed rule results from a PHMSA study of controllers and controller performance issues known as the Controller Certification Project (CCERT), a National Transportation Safety Board study, safety- related condition reports, operator visits and inspections, and inquiries. This rule would improve opportunities to reduce risk through more effective control of pipelines and require the human factors management plan mandated by the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006 (PIPES Act). These regulations would enhance pipeline safety by coupling strengthened control room management, including automated control systems, with improved controller training and qualifications and fatigue management. PHMSA expects these regulations will complement efforts already underway in the pipeline industry to address human factors and control room management, such as the development of new national consensus standards, including an American Petroleum Institute (API) recommended practices on roles and responsibilities, shift operations, management of change, fatigue management, alarm management and SCADA display standard, as well as comparable business practices at some pipeline companies.

Anyone interested in filing written comments on this proposal must do so by November 12, 2008. PHMSA will consider late comments filed so far as practical. Byron Coy at (609) 989-2180 or by e- mail at Byron.Coy@dot.gov. Incorporation by Reference Gas Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Liquefied Natural Gas Ammonia Carbon Dioxide Petroleum Pipeline Safety: Control Room Management/Human Factors, Byron.Coy@dot.gov http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/safepipelines http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/oilgas/storage/lng/feature/whyimportant.html http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 73, no. 178 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2008-09-12 continuing daily deposited born digital 213 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-09-12 P0b002ee1809bb5f0 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr12se08 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-09-12 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-09-12/pdf/FR-2008-09-12.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-09-12/xml/FR-2008-09-12.xml fdlp 52903 53104 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-05 FR-2008-09-12 machine generated eng FR FR-2008-09-12 73 178