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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Pipeline Safety: Submission of Public
Awareness Programs
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice; Issuance of Advisory
Bulletin.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document tells certain
pipeline operators how to submit their
written public awareness programs for
review. Regulations issued in 2005
provide details about the content of the
programs and establish completion
dates. The 2002 amendment to the
pipeline safety law requires pipeline
operators to submit these programs for
review and PHMSA has a clearinghouse
approach for reviewing interstate and
many intrastate operators. This
document ensures operators know
where and when to submit their
programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Blaine Keener by phone at (202) 366–
0970, or by e-mail at
blaine.keener@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
The Pipeline Safety Improvement Act
of 2002 amended 49 U.S.C. 60116 to
require pipeline operators to evaluate
and update their existing public
education programs and to submit the
updated programs to PHMSA or the
State pipeline safety agency that
regulates the intrastate pipelines in the
State. PHMSA issued a final rule on
May 19, 2005 (70 FR 28833) delineating
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what the updated programs, now called
public awareness programs, must
contain. You can find the final rule in
the pipeline safety code at 49 CFR
192.616 and 49 CFR 195.440. The final
rule requires most operators to develop
public awareness programs by June 20,
2006 and to submit the programs for
review upon request. There is an
extended compliance time for certain
very small petroleum gas and master
meter operators. An operator
distributing petroleum gas to fewer than
25 customers or distributing gas through
a master meter to fewer than 25
customers has until June 20, 2007 to
prepare a program. In addition, PHMSA
is reconsidering the public awareness
requirements applicable to all master
meter operators and operators
distributing petroleum gas by pipeline
as a secondary business. We intend to
initiate rulemaking in the near future to
extend the date for compliance and
provide alternative public awareness
programs for these master meter and
petroleum gas operators.
This advisory bulletin provides
guidance to operators of pipelines (other
than operators distributing gas through
master meters or distributing petroleum
gas by pipeline as an incidental part of
business) about submitting public
awareness programs for initial review.
PHMSA has decided to have a team
review written public awareness
programs of interstate operators
centrally instead of through the pipeline
safety inspection staff located in its five
regions. PHMSA has offered, and most
State agencies have elected, to have this
team review public awareness programs
of intrastate operators. The work of the
Public Awareness Program
Clearinghouse review team is guided by
review criteria developed by pipeline
safety staff from PHMSA and State
pipeline safety agencies. The review
team will compare programs with
American Petroleum Institute
Recommended Practice 1162 (RP 1162),
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on which the public awareness
regulation is based. If the review team
finds deviation from the baseline
elements, the review team will refer the
issue to the applicable PHMSA regional
office or State pipeline safety agency. In
addition to the baseline elements, RP
1162 contains supplemental program
elements to enhance pipeline safety
awareness in areas where operators
determine increased risk. The review
team will document operator use of
supplemental elements to identify
trends and foster improvements.
There are exceptions to the
centralized review process. The State
pipeline safety agencies in Connecticut,
the District of Columbia, Illinois,
Maryland, Montana, South Dakota,
Virginia, and Wyoming have decided to
conduct independent reviews of the
public awareness programs of at least
some intrastate operators. Unless
otherwise directed by the State pipeline
safety agency, an operator described
below submits its program to the
address provided by October 8, 2006:
A gas distribution operator in
Connecticut: Mr. Philip Sher,
Supervisor of Technical Analysis,
Connecticut Department of Public
Utility Control, 10 Franklin Square,
New Britain, CT 06051.
A gas distribution pipeline operator in
the District of Columbia: Ms. Delvone
Nicholson-Meade, Program Manager,
Pipeline Safety, District of Columbia
Public Service Commission, 1333 H
Street, NW., Suite 700 East Tower,
Washington, DC 20005.
A gas distribution pipeline operator
serving less than 20,000 customers in
Illinois: Mr. Rex Evans, Manager,
Pipeline Safety, Illinois Commerce
Commission, 527 E Capitol Avenue,
Springfield, IL 62701.
An intrastate pipeline operator in
Maryland: Mr. John Clementson,
Assistant Chief Engineer, Maryland
Public Service Commission, 6 Saint
Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202–6806.
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An intrastate gas pipeline operator in
Montana: Mr. G. Joel Tierney, Utility
Engineering Sp./Pipeline Safety
Program Manager, Montana Public
Service Commission, 1701 Prospect
Avenue, P.O. Box 202601, Helena, MT
59620–2601.
In South Dakota:
• A gas distribution pipeline operator
serving less than 20,000 customers, or
• An intrastate gas transmission
pipeline operator:
Mr. Martin Bettmann, Pipeline Safety
Program Manager, South Dakota Public
Utilities Commission, 500 East Capitol
Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501–5070.
In Virginia:
• A privately-owned gas distribution
pipeline operator,
• An intrastate gas transmission
operators; or
• An intrastate hazardous liquid
pipeline operator:
Mr. Massoud Tahamtani, Director,
Division of Utility and Railroad Safety,
Virginia State Corporation Commission,
Tyler Building, P.O. Box 1197,
Richmond, VA 23218.
An intrastate gas pipeline operator in
Wyoming: Mr. David W. Piroutek,
Engineering Supervisor, Wyoming
Public Service Commission, 2515
Warren Ave, Suite 300, Cheyenne, WY
82002–0230.
II. Advisory Bulletin ADB–06–02
To: Owners and Operators of Gas and
Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Required to
Complete Written Public Awareness
Programs by June 20, 2006.
Subject: Submission of Public
Awareness Programs for Review.
Purpose: The purpose is two-fold:
(1) To inform persons distributing gas
through a master meter and persons
who distribute petroleum gas by
pipeline as an incidental part of their
business of PHMSA’s intention to
modify the requirements for public
awareness programs applicable to them;
and
(2) To inform other operators, who are
required to develop public awareness
programs satisfying the requirements of
49 CFR 192.616 or 49 CFR 195.440 by
June 20, 2006, how to submit the
written programs for review.
Advisory
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Operators of Master Meter Systems and
Some Petroleum Gas Systems
If you distribute gas through a master
meter or if you distribute petroleum gas
by pipeline as an incidental part of your
primary business, do not submit a
written public awareness program to the
Public Awareness Program
Clearinghouse for review at this time.
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PHMSA intends to initiate a rulemaking
in the near future to change the
requirements for public awareness
programs applicable to you.
Other Intrastate Operators in Certain
States
If you operate an intrastate pipeline
(other than a master meter or petroleum
gas system described in (1)), you have
to develop a public awareness program
by June 20, 2006 and submit the written
program for review.
The State pipeline safety agencies in
Connecticut, the District of Columbia,
Illinois, Maryland, Montana, South
Dakota, Virginia, and Wyoming have
decided to conduct reviews
independent of the Public Awareness
Program Clearinghouse. Consult the
preamble to this advisory for more
information about which intrastate
operators in these jurisdictions need to
submit programs to the State agency. If
you are in one of these categories,
unless the State pipeline safety agency
advises you differently, please submit
your written public awareness programs
to the addressee for the State agency
listed in the preamble by October 8,
2006.
All Other Operators
If you operate:
• An interstate gas pipeline;
• An interstate hazardous liquid
pipeline; and
• An intrastate pipeline not filing
with a State pipeline safety agency as
described above, please submit your
written public awareness program to
PHMSA’s Public Awareness Program
Clearinghouse between August 8, 2006
and October 8, 2006.
How to Submit to the Public Awareness
Program Clearinghouse
General requirements: In order for
PHMSA to accurately identify the
pipeline operator submitting a public
awareness program, an operator needs
to use an Operator Identification
Number (Op ID) when submitting its
public awareness program. If you do not
have one, request it at https://
opsweb.rspa.dot.gov/cfdocs/opsapps/
pipes/main.cfm. In some cases, a single
public awareness program may cover
several pipelines with different Op IDs.
For each pipeline covered by a public
awareness program, you need to provide
basic information about the pipeline
when you submit your written public
awareness program:
a. The Op ID and name of the
operator.
b. A person to contact, with e-mail
and telephone number.
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c. The type or types of pipeline
covered by the same Op ID.
• Gathering (gas or hazardous liquid)
• Petroleum gas distribution
• Natural gas distribution,
municipally-owned
• Natural gas distribution, privatelyowned
• Gas distribution, other
• Gas transmission, intrastate
• Gas transmission, interstate
• Hazardous liquid, intrastate
• Hazardous liquid, interstate
d. For each type of intrastate pipeline,
the State or States in which the pipeline
is located.
e. For each type of interstate pipeline,
the PHMSA region or regions in which
the pipeline is located.
E-filing: PHMSA strongly encourages
operators to submit public awareness
programs through the Internet. We are
modifying the Online Data Entry System
(ODES) to accept public awareness
programs. For operators unfamiliar with
ODES, the system currently allows an
operator to submit various reports
required by pipeline safety regulations.
In order to ensure the integrity of data
submitted to ODES, an operator needs
an Op ID and PIN. If you do not have
a PIN, you may request it at the Web site
above. Using ODES reduces the
potential for human error and increases
the efficiency of the process.
On August 8, 2006, the Web site
above will have a prominent link for
submitting public awareness programs.
The ODES user enters the Op ID and
PIN. The link then transfers the user to
the program submittal page. On this
page, the ODES user provides basic
information about the pipeline to allow
the review team of the Public
Awareness Program Clearinghouse to
properly evaluate the program,
communicate with the State pipeline
safety agency or PHMSA regional office
with inspection responsibility for the
pipeline, and generate summary reports.
The ODES user may enter multiple Op
IDs when a single public awareness
program covers pipelines operated by
more than one operator.
After entering the basic information,
the ODES user uploads the file, or files,
comprising the public awareness
program. Adobe Acrobat format is
preferred, but PHMSA can accept files
created in any commercially available
word processor or spreadsheet.
Alternative to e-filing: In lieu of efiling, an operator may mail a computer
disk containing its public awareness
program, and the basic information
about the pipeline described above, to
the following address: Public Awareness
Program Clearinghouse, PHMSA, 400
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Washington, DC 20590.
Finally, an operator may also submit
the same information in paper form to
the same address.
Issued in Washington, DC on June 9, 2006.
Stacey Gerard,
Acting Assistant Administrator/Chief Safety
Officer for Pipeline Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Pipeline Safety: Submission of Public Awareness Programs
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice; Issuance of Advisory Bulletin.
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SUMMARY: This document tells certain pipeline operators how to submit
their written public awareness programs for review. Regulations issued
in 2005 provide details about the content of the programs and establish
completion dates. The 2002 amendment to the pipeline safety law
requires pipeline operators to submit these programs for review and
PHMSA has a clearinghouse approach for reviewing interstate and many
intrastate operators. This document ensures operators know where and
when to submit their programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blaine Keener by phone at (202) 366-
0970, or by e-mail at blaine.keener@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 amended 49 U.S.C. 60116
to require pipeline operators to evaluate and update their existing
public education programs and to submit the updated programs to PHMSA
or the State pipeline safety agency that regulates the intrastate
pipelines in the State. PHMSA issued a final rule on May 19, 2005 (70
FR 28833) delineating what the updated programs, now called public
awareness programs, must contain. You can find the final rule in the
pipeline safety code at 49 CFR 192.616 and 49 CFR 195.440. The final
rule requires most operators to develop public awareness programs by
June 20, 2006 and to submit the programs for review upon request. There
is an extended compliance time for certain very small petroleum gas and
master meter operators. An operator distributing petroleum gas to fewer
than 25 customers or distributing gas through a master meter to fewer
than 25 customers has until June 20, 2007 to prepare a program. In
addition, PHMSA is reconsidering the public awareness requirements
applicable to all master meter operators and operators distributing
petroleum gas by pipeline as a secondary business. We intend to
initiate rulemaking in the near future to extend the date for
compliance and provide alternative public awareness programs for these
master meter and petroleum gas operators.
This advisory bulletin provides guidance to operators of pipelines
(other than operators distributing gas through master meters or
distributing petroleum gas by pipeline as an incidental part of
business) about submitting public awareness programs for initial
review.
PHMSA has decided to have a team review written public awareness
programs of interstate operators centrally instead of through the
pipeline safety inspection staff located in its five regions. PHMSA has
offered, and most State agencies have elected, to have this team review
public awareness programs of intrastate operators. The work of the
Public Awareness Program Clearinghouse review team is guided by review
criteria developed by pipeline safety staff from PHMSA and State
pipeline safety agencies. The review team will compare programs with
American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice 1162 (RP 1162), on
which the public awareness regulation is based. If the review team
finds deviation from the baseline elements, the review team will refer
the issue to the applicable PHMSA regional office or State pipeline
safety agency. In addition to the baseline elements, RP 1162 contains
supplemental program elements to enhance pipeline safety awareness in
areas where operators determine increased risk. The review team will
document operator use of supplemental elements to identify trends and
foster improvements.
There are exceptions to the centralized review process. The State
pipeline safety agencies in Connecticut, the District of Columbia,
Illinois, Maryland, Montana, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wyoming have
decided to conduct independent reviews of the public awareness programs
of at least some intrastate operators. Unless otherwise directed by the
State pipeline safety agency, an operator described below submits its
program to the address provided by October 8, 2006:
A gas distribution operator in Connecticut:Mr. Philip Sher,
Supervisor of Technical Analysis, Connecticut Department of Public
Utility Control,10 Franklin Square,New Britain, CT 06051.
A gas distribution pipeline operator in the District of Columbia:
Ms. Delvone Nicholson-Meade, Program Manager, Pipeline Safety, District
of Columbia Public Service Commission,1333 H Street, NW., Suite 700
East Tower,Washington, DC 20005.
A gas distribution pipeline operator serving less than 20,000
customers in Illinois: Mr. Rex Evans, Manager, Pipeline Safety,
Illinois Commerce Commission,527 E Capitol Avenue,Springfield, IL
62701.
An intrastate pipeline operator in Maryland: Mr. John Clementson,
Assistant Chief Engineer, Maryland Public Service Commission,6 Saint
Paul Street,Baltimore, MD 21202-6806.
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An intrastate gas pipeline operator in Montana:Mr. G. Joel Tierney,
Utility Engineering Sp./Pipeline Safety Program Manager,Montana Public
Service Commission,1701 Prospect Avenue,P.O. Box 202601,Helena, MT
59620-2601.
In South Dakota:
A gas distribution pipeline operator serving less than
20,000 customers, or
An intrastate gas transmission pipeline operator:
Mr. Martin Bettmann, Pipeline Safety Program Manager, South Dakota
Public Utilities Commission,500 East Capitol Avenue,Pierre, SD 57501-
5070.
In Virginia:
A privately-owned gas distribution pipeline operator,
An intrastate gas transmission operators; or
An intrastate hazardous liquid pipeline operator:
Mr. Massoud Tahamtani, Director, Division of Utility and Railroad
Safety, Virginia State Corporation Commission,Tyler Building,P.O. Box
1197,Richmond, VA 23218.
An intrastate gas pipeline operator in Wyoming: Mr. David W.
Piroutek, Engineering Supervisor, Wyoming Public Service
Commission,2515 Warren Ave, Suite 300,Cheyenne, WY 82002-0230.
II. Advisory Bulletin ADB-06-02
To: Owners and Operators of Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
Required to Complete Written Public Awareness Programs by June 20,
2006.
Subject: Submission of Public Awareness Programs for Review.
Purpose: The purpose is two-fold:
(1) To inform persons distributing gas through a master meter and
persons who distribute petroleum gas by pipeline as an incidental part
of their business of PHMSA's intention to modify the requirements for
public awareness programs applicable to them; and
(2) To inform other operators, who are required to develop public
awareness programs satisfying the requirements of 49 CFR 192.616 or 49
CFR 195.440 by June 20, 2006, how to submit the written programs for
review.
Advisory
Operators of Master Meter Systems and Some Petroleum Gas Systems
If you distribute gas through a master meter or if you distribute
petroleum gas by pipeline as an incidental part of your primary
business, do not submit a written public awareness program to the
Public Awareness Program Clearinghouse for review at this time. PHMSA
intends to initiate a rulemaking in the near future to change the
requirements for public awareness programs applicable to you.
Other Intrastate Operators in Certain States
If you operate an intrastate pipeline (other than a master meter or
petroleum gas system described in (1)), you have to develop a public
awareness program by June 20, 2006 and submit the written program for
review.
The State pipeline safety agencies in Connecticut, the District of
Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Montana, South Dakota, Virginia, and
Wyoming have decided to conduct reviews independent of the Public
Awareness Program Clearinghouse. Consult the preamble to this advisory
for more information about which intrastate operators in these
jurisdictions need to submit programs to the State agency. If you are
in one of these categories, unless the State pipeline safety agency
advises you differently, please submit your written public awareness
programs to the addressee for the State agency listed in the preamble
by October 8, 2006.
All Other Operators
If you operate:
An interstate gas pipeline;
An interstate hazardous liquid pipeline; and
An intrastate pipeline not filing with a State pipeline
safety agency as described above, please submit your written public
awareness program to PHMSA's Public Awareness Program Clearinghouse
between August 8, 2006 and October 8, 2006.
How to Submit to the Public Awareness Program Clearinghouse
General requirements: In order for PHMSA to accurately identify the
pipeline operator submitting a public awareness program, an operator
needs to use an Operator Identification Number (Op ID) when submitting
its public awareness program. If you do not have one, request it at
https://opsweb.rspa.dot.gov/cfdocs/opsapps/pipes/main.cfm. In some
cases, a single public awareness program may cover several pipelines
with different Op IDs. For each pipeline covered by a public awareness
program, you need to provide basic information about the pipeline when
you submit your written public awareness program:
a. The Op ID and name of the operator.
b. A person to contact, with e-mail and telephone number.
c. The type or types of pipeline covered by the same Op ID.
Gathering (gas or hazardous liquid)
Petroleum gas distribution
Natural gas distribution, municipally-owned
Natural gas distribution, privately-owned
Gas distribution, other
Gas transmission, intrastate
Gas transmission, interstate
Hazardous liquid, intrastate
Hazardous liquid, interstate
d. For each type of intrastate pipeline, the State or States in
which the pipeline is located.
e. For each type of interstate pipeline, the PHMSA region or
regions in which the pipeline is located.
E-filing: PHMSA strongly encourages operators to submit public
awareness programs through the Internet. We are modifying the Online
Data Entry System (ODES) to accept public awareness programs. For
operators unfamiliar with ODES, the system currently allows an operator
to submit various reports required by pipeline safety regulations. In
order to ensure the integrity of data submitted to ODES, an operator
needs an Op ID and PIN. If you do not have a PIN, you may request it at
the Web site above. Using ODES reduces the potential for human error
and increases the efficiency of the process.
On August 8, 2006, the Web site above will have a prominent link
for submitting public awareness programs. The ODES user enters the Op
ID and PIN. The link then transfers the user to the program submittal
page. On this page, the ODES user provides basic information about the
pipeline to allow the review team of the Public Awareness Program
Clearinghouse to properly evaluate the program, communicate with the
State pipeline safety agency or PHMSA regional office with inspection
responsibility for the pipeline, and generate summary reports. The ODES
user may enter multiple Op IDs when a single public awareness program
covers pipelines operated by more than one operator.
After entering the basic information, the ODES user uploads the
file, or files, comprising the public awareness program. Adobe Acrobat
format is preferred, but PHMSA can accept files created in any
commercially available word processor or spreadsheet.
Alternative to e-filing: In lieu of e-filing, an operator may mail
a computer disk containing its public awareness program, and the basic
information about the pipeline described above, to the following
address:Public Awareness Program Clearinghouse, PHMSA, 400
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7th, Street, SW., Room 2103,Washington, DC 20590.
Finally, an operator may also submit the same information in paper
form to the same address.
Issued in Washington, DC on June 9, 2006.
Stacey Gerard,
Acting Assistant Administrator/Chief Safety Officer for Pipeline
Safety.
[FR Doc. E6-9400 Filed 6-15-06; 8:45 am]
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