[Federal Register: July 17, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 137)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket No. RSPA-97-2426]
Pipeline Safety: National Pipeline Mapping System
AGENCY: Office of Pipeline Safety, Research and Special Programs
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice; availability of operator and repository standards for
National Pipeline Mapping System.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) finalized ``Standards for
Pipeline and Liquefied Natural Gas Operator Submissions'' and
``Standards for the NPMS National and State Repositories'' in March
1999. Copies of the National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) operator
and repository standards are available for viewing and downloading from
the NPMS Web site at www.npms.rspa.dot.gov/submissions/standards.htm
and from the Docket Management System's home page at http://
dms.dot.gov. from the NPMS National Repository at (703) 317-6205.
ADDRESSES: Paper copies of the NPMS operator and repository standards
are available from the NPMS National Repository at (703) 317-6205 or
from the Dockets Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Plaza
401, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001. The Dockets
Facility is located on the plaza level of the Nassif Building in Room
401, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC. The Dockets Facility is
open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Fischer, OPS, (202) 366-6267 or
Richard Huriaux, OPS, (202) 366-4565, regarding the subject matter of
this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Pipeline Mapping System is a
voluntary initiative that relies on pipeline operators to submit hard
copy or digital pipeline data. The NPMS, when complete, will contain
locational information for all natural gas and hazardous liquid
transmission pipelines operating in the United States. The Office of
Pipeline Safety (OPS) created NPMS standards that describe how an
operator should prepare and submit pipeline data and how the NPMS
repositories will process and maintain the pipeline data. The
``Standards for Pipeline and Liquefied Natural Gas Operator
Submissions'' and ``Standards for the NPMS National and State
Repositories'' were finalized in March 1999.
The NPMS consists of a National Repository and fifteen state
repositories, including Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. The state repositories
process state pipeline data. The National Repository processes pipeline
data for states without a state repository and integrates national and
state data.
The NPMS will serve as a decision support tool to enable OPS to
understand the relationship between pipelines and their environments,
to plan effective pipeline inspection programs, to effectively respond
to gas and hazardous liquid releases, and to quickly and accurately
respond to requests for pipeline information. The NPMS will also serve
as a community education tool that will enable local officials to make
better planning and emergency response decisions.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 11, 2001.
Stacey L. Gerard,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 01-17800 Filed 7-16-01; 8:45 am]
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