OPS Initiatives:

Enhanced Protection in High Consequence Areas/Integrity Management Rule-Making

PHMSA's Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) intends to incorporate a process into its regulations to validate pipe integrity in high-density population areas, waters where a substantial likelihood of commercial navigation exists, and areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage. On November 18th and 19th 1999, OPS held a public meeting to determine the extent to which operators now have integrity management programs, to explore effective ways to promote their development and implementation by all operators, and to discuss mechanisms by which OPS could confirm the existence and adequacy of such operator-developed programs.

• NOVEMBER 18TH PUBLIC MEETING AND COMMENTS
• LIQUID RULE
• GAS RULE
• COMMUNICATIONS RULE

Last Update 07/25/2001