Year 2007:

LAST UPDATE: September 6, 2007 2:07 PM

...and what's hot from the Office of Pipeline Safety will be featured here for easier access.
Please note the location of the links below as this page will be updated frequently.

• Request for Comment on Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Internal Corrosion
• Materials Available for Comment: Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Internal Corrosion; Briefing Papers and Data Sheet
• Pipeline Safety: Notice of Policy Statement On Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Transporting Ethanol and Other Biofuels
• Pipeline Safety Emergency Special Permits
• Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee
• 5/18 – PHMSA Modifies Proposed Rulemaking on Protecting Unusually Sensitive Areas from Rural Low-Stress Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
• SNPRM: Protecting Unusually Sensitive Areas from Rural Low-Stress Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
• Design and Construction Standards to Reduce Internal Corrosion in Gas Transmission Pipelines
• Department Regulatory Agenda: Semiannual Summary
• Enforcement Transparency Website
• Workshop on “Prevention Through People” Initiative  |  Text Version
• PHMSA Meeting of the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee  |  Text Version

Year 2006:

• Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing Rate (2007)  |  Text Version
• PHMSA Advisory on Pipeline Safety: Lessons Learned From a Security Breach at a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility  |  Text Version
• Advisory Bulletin ADB-06-03-Notice: Notice to Operators of Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines to Accurately Locate and Mark Underground Pipelines Before Construction-Related Excavation Activities Commence Near the Pipelines  |  Text Version
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Pipeline Safety: Applicability of Public Awareness Regulations to Certain Gas Distribution Operators  |  Text Version
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Pipeline Safety: Protecting Unusually Sensitive Areas from Rural Onshore Hazardous Liquid Gathering Lines and Low-Stress Lines  |  Text Version
• Public meeting of PHMSA’s Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee  |  Text Version
• Rockies Express MAOP Waiver  |  Text Version
• Maritimes and Northeast MAOP Waiver  |  Text Version
• Alliance MAOP Waiver  |  Text Version
• Agenda for Hazardous Liquid Low Stress Line Public Workshop  |  Text Version
• Advisory Bulletin on Public Awareness Programs  |  Text Version
• Controller Certification Workshop Agenda  |  Text Version
• Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committees: June 28 Meeting Agenda  |  Text Version
• Letter to NTSB Chairman - April 26 2006  |  Text Version
• Notice of June 2006 Advisory Committee Meetings and Public Workshops  |  Text Version
• Final Rule on Onshore Gas Gathering Line Definition and New Safety Standards  |  Text Version
• Updated Agenda for March 2006 Meeting on Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure  |  Text Version
• Notice of Random Drug Testing Rate for 2006  |  Text Version
• Please take a few minutes to send us an email about your experiences with using the PHMSA web sites and suggestions for its improvement.
• Advisory on Operator Qualifications for Excavation Activities  |  Text Version
• March, 2006 MAOP Meeting Registration Page
• Notice of Technical Workshop on Mechanical Damage  |  Text Version
• Notice of Public Meeting on Consideration of Maximum Allowable Pressure  |  Text Version
• Notice of Upcoming Meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee  |  Text Version
• Notice of availability of materials from public meeting; request for comment  |  Text Version
• Updated Operator Qualification Concept Paper  |  Text Version

Year 2005:

• Integrity Management: Program Modifications and Clarifications – Request for Comments  |  Text Version
• Design and Construction Standards to Reduce Internal Corrosion in Gas Transmission Pipelines  |  Text Version
• Notice of Public Meeting on Operator Qualification  |  Text Version
• Notice of Workshop on Public Awareness Programs for Pipeline Operators  |  Text Version
• UPDATED: Meetings of the Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees  |  Text Version
• 30 Day Notice of Request for OMB Renewal of Existing Information Collection: 2137-0600  |  Text Version
• Waiver - Southern LNG  |  Text Version
• SNPRM - Gas Gathering  |  Text Version
• Waiver - BOC Gases  |  Text Version
• Advisory Bulletin: Potential for Damage to Natural Gas Distribution Pipeline Facilities Caused by the Passage of Hurricane Katrina | Text Version
• Advisory Bulletin: Potential for Damage to Pipeline Facilities Caused by the Passage of Hurricane Katrina | Text Version
• Agenda for Inline Inspection Public Meeting August 11, 2005 | Text Version
• Presentation files for In-Line Inspection Public Meeting August 11, 2005
• Transportation Department Orders Kinder Morgan to Address Rise in Pipeline Incidents | Text Version
• Pipeline Safety: Countermeasures to Prevent Human Fatigue in the Control | Text Version
• Pipeline Safety Advisory Bulletin; Inspecting and Testing Pilot-Operated Pressure Relief Valves | Text Version
• Integrity Management Notifications for Gas Transmission Lines | Text Version
• Agenda for Integrity Management of Gas Distribution Pipelines Public Meeting - September 21st 2005 | Text Version
• Agenda for Inline Inspection Public Meeting | Text Version
• Petition for Waiver; BOC Gases | Text Version
• Request for Waiver; Southern LNG | Text Version
• UPDATED - Public Meeting on Applying, Interpreting, and Evaluating Data from In-Line Inspections Devices
• Direct Final Rule: Operator Qualification Statutory Changes
• Final Rule Correction: Pipeline Operators Public Awareness Program
• Final Rule: Response plans for On Shore Transportation-Related Oil Pipelines
• Use of Polyamide-11 Plastic Pipe in Gas Pipelines – Request for Comments - Published June 22, 2005
• A Quick Overview of Pipeline Incidents/Accidents Frequencies and Causes | Text Version
• Pipeline Safety: Planning for Coordination of Emergency Responses to Pipeline Emergencies | Text Version
• Public Meeting on Applying, Interpreting, and Evaluating Data from In-Line Inspection Devices | Text Version
• Request for Public Comments and Office of Management and Budget Approval of an Existing Information Collection (2137-0594) | Text Version
• Request for Public Comments and Office of Management and Budget Approval of an Existing Information Collection (2137-0593) | Text Version
• Pipeline Safety: Meetings of the Pipeline Advisory Committee |  Text Version
• Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Operator Public Awareness Program
• Pipeline Safety: Public Meeting on Use of Excess Flow Valves in Gas Distribution Service Lines (June 17, 2005 in Washington, DC).
• Interpretation of 49 CFR §192.727 - (Go to section 192.727)
• Gas Distribution Integrity Management Meeting on May 17-19, 2005, in Dallas, Texas
• Pipeline Safety: Controller Certification Pilot Program (CCERT) - (Download Form)
• Public Meeting May 17-18, 2005: Lessons Learned from Integrity Management (IM) Inspections of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines - (May 17th from 8:30am to 5:00p.m, May 18th from 8:30am to noon.)
• Public Meeting Pipeline Repairs and Permitting; May 6, 2005 (9:00am - 5:00pm)
• Strapping Tables Advisory
• Enstar Petition
• Flyer for Integrity of Gas Distribution Meeting, March 29-31, 2005...Dallas Texas
• Joint Meeting of Coordinating Group & Workgroups on Assuring Integrity of Gas Distribution Pipeline
  Meeting Agenda March 29-31, 2005..Dallas , TX
• Gas Distribution Annual added to On-Line Data Entry System
• Final Rule: Response Plans for Onshore Transportation-Related Oil
  Pipelines
• Stress Corrosion Cracking Study from Michael Baker Jr., Inc., is now available
• LNG Community Awareness Workshop - February 2, 2005
• Proposed ASME B31Q Standard for Pipeline Operator Qualification
• DOT Secretary Report to Congress on Transmission Pipelines and Land Use and Implementation Plan
• Transportation Research Board Special Report 281, Transmission Pipelines and Land Use Planning, A Risk-Informed Approach
• Final Rule - Correction to the definition of "Transmission Line"
• Oversight Implementation and Inspection Protocol Workshop - Atlanta Jan 19 - Jan 20, 2005
• Advisory Bulleting ADB-05-01- Semi-annual Reporting of Integrity Management Performance Measures in 49 CFR 192.945.
• Notice; Gas Integrity Management Workshop for Inspection Protocols