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PHMSA Update
2010 PODS User Conference
Houston, Texas
October 28, 2010
John A. Jacobi, P.E.
CATS Manager, SW Region
Outline
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Mission Statement
Reorganization
Reauthorization
PIPA
Damage Prevention ANPR
Liquid Pipeline ANPR
Substandard Pipe Advisory Bulletin
Pipeline Safety Program
Mission Statement
“To ensure the safe, reliable, and
environmentally sound operation of the
Nation’s pipeline transportation system.”
“One-Call Partners” (OCPs)
Reauthorization
• Every 4 years
– PSIA 2002
– PIPES Act of 2006
• Numerous Congressional Hearings
• PHMSA has provided a proposal:
“Strengthening Pipeline Safety and
Enforcement Act of 2010” (“SPSEA
2010”)
SPSEA 2010 (by §)
1. Short Title
2. Civil Penalties - up to $250,000
/violation and $2.5 million total; still 10
years prison; judicial review
3. Additional resources - 10 FTEs/year
for 4 years
4. Infrastructure Data Collection - more
and better data required
SPSEA 2010 (by §)
5. International Cooperation &
Consultation
6. Gathering Lines - two years to study &
remove exemptions for both gas and
liquid lines. Requires additional data
collection. Production still exempt.
7. Onshore oil flow lines - collect
additional data. Flow lines still
exempt.
SPSEA 2010 (by §)
8. Alaska Project Coordination and cost
recovery for pipeline projects
(operators to pay)
9. Cost Recovery for Design Reviews 10 miles or longer; notice to PHMSA
120 days before construction begins.
10.Special Permits - filing fee and none
issued to operators with “poor safety
records”
SPSEA 2010 (by §)
11.Class Location & Integrity
Management - revise or replace with
more sophisticated risk-based models
12.Biofuel Pipelines - expressly
regulated
13.Carbon Dioxide Pipelines - CO2
transported as a gas regulated under
Part 192
SPSEA 2010 (by §)
14.Non-Petroleum Hazardous Liquid
Pipelines - study to see if more
should be regulated (e.g. like liquid
CO2 and anhydrous ammonia)
SPSEA 2010 (by §)
15.Clarifications
– Removes the word “intrastate” from
§60108(a)
– PHMSA can enforce against entities that
are not both owners and operators
– Limitations on enforcement against
operators does not apply to pipeline
operators
16.Appropriations ($$)
Reauthorization Comments
• Several other Bills out there
• Impossible to predict what will pass
• PHMSA WILL be reauthorized (most
likely very late this year)
• PHMSA most likely will have
additional jurisdiction and resources
PIPA
• Pipeline Informed Planning Alliance
• Focused on new development near
existing pipelines
• Started in 2008 with numerous
stakeholders
• “Final” version should be published
on PHMSA web site this year!!
• Draft available at www.pstrust.org
Damage Prevention ANPR
• 74 FR 5597 et. seq.; October 29, 2009;
Docket No. PHMSA-2009-0192
• Over 200 comments
• PIPES Act of 2006 - would allow
PHMSA to cite excavators
• BUT - PHMSA must develop criteria
for state damage prevention programs
and publish rulemaking
• NOPR should be out relatively soon
Liquid Pipeline ANPR
• 75 FR 63774 et. seq.; October 18,
2010; Docket No. PHMSA-2010-0229
• Response to recent incidents and
upcoming reauthorization
• Comment period open until 1/18/2011
• Lots of issues - exemptions, HCAs,
leak detection, Emergency Flow
Restricting Devices, Valve Spacing,
Repair Criteria, Stress Corrosion, etc.
Liquid Pipeline ANPR
• Could have a significant impact on
liquid lines.
• Probably will not result in a final
rulemaking anytime soon - BUT
reauthorization could change that.
• We want to hear from the regulated
community!!
• Something similar for gas pipelines
may be reasonably anticipated.
Substandard Pipe Advisory Bulletin
• 74 FR 23930 et. seq.; May 21, 2009;
Docket No. PHMSA-2009-0148
• X-70 pipe and above may not meet
grade stamp
• Primarily from foreign manufacturers
• Still being used
• Still being investigated
• Know your pipe!!!
QUESTIONS??
THANK YOU!!
John A. Jacobi, P.E.
713-272-2839 (O)
281-685-7128 (C)
[email protected]