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is the processing plant or refinery.
These plants occasionally undergo upset
conditions where all or a portion of the
untreated product may bypass the
treatment process and enter the
downstream piping. During those upset
conditions, corrosive materials might be
introduced into the pipeline and could
create a corrosive condition.
Pipeline operators who previously
concluded that an internal corrosion
control program was not needed should
critically re-analyze operating
conditions and internal corrosion risk
factors as described in this advisory and
periodically monitor, or otherwise
reconfirm, that the pipeline is free of
corrosive materials. Operators should
perform a periodic system analysis and
document the results, confirming that
they properly analyzed the pipeline for
possible internal corrosion precursors.
In addition, operators should also
conduct periodic monitoring for
changes that might increase this risk
and identify possible sites of selective
internal corrosion risks.
In addition, operators are required to
take the following steps as part of the
operator’s integrity management
program:
• Examine and record corrosion data;
• Demonstrate an understanding of
the risk of internal corrosion;
• Identify the locations of greatest
risk;
• Conduct integrity assessments that
will effectively discover pipeline defects
caused by internal corrosion;
• Promptly repair or remediate
discovered defects;
• Identify the root cause of
discovered internal corrosion defects;
and
• Identify the need for additional or
different preventive and mitigative
measures, through mitigation measures
such as online pigging for removal of
the corrosive materials and injection of
corrosion inhibitors inline the product
stream.
PHMSA’s unique statutory role in
pipeline safety allows the agency to
monitor research and operator
performance nationwide and to take
action through an array of regulatory
actions, including this bulletin, if
incident trends or other findings such as
research, deem the actions necessary.
PHMSA will conduct a workshop on
internal corrosion on hazardous liquid
pipelines in the first quarter of 2009.
Information on this workshop will be
posted on the PHMSA Web site.
II. Advisory Bulletin (ADB–08–08)
To: Owners or Operators of Hazardous
Liquid Transmission Pipelines.
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Subject: Proper Identification of
Internal Corrosion Risk.
Purpose: Notice to Pipeline Owners
and Operators.
Advisory: PHMSA is advising
operators of hazardous liquid
transmission pipelines to review and
analyze the following risk factors to
determine if the commodity transported
could corrode the pipeline:
• Type of commodity;
• Flow rate;
• Velocity;
• Operating Pressure;
• Topography;
• Amount of foreign material and/or
contaminants present in the pipeline
and/or commodity stream such as sand,
silt, water, or other materials that could
cause or promote internal corrosion;
• Amount of sulfur, salts, acids,
hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide or
other corrosive material present and
corrosive effect based upon partial
pressures of material in the pipeline;
• Presence of microbes;
• Temperature;
• Pipe configuration, design, and
material specifications;
• Operating conditions, including but
not limited to, steady state conditions,
slack line conditions, upset conditions
in the pipeline system, and upset
conditions in upstream facilities such as
refineries or processing facilities; and
• Any other circumstance or
condition that could cause, promote, or
increase the likelihood of internal
corrosion.
Significant changes to any of the
above risk factors and considerations
must be promptly reflected in a revised
analysis.
PHMSA is further advising operators
that, in accordance with 49 CFR
195.589(c), you must maintain a record
of the above analysis required by 49
CFR 195.579(a) in sufficient detail to
demonstrate the adequacy of corrosion
control measures or that corrosion
control measures are not necessary. You
must retain these records for at least five
years. The records must be readily
available for inspection.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 17,
2008.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: An open meeting of the
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held.
The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is
soliciting public comment, ideas, and
suggestions on improving customer
service at the Internal Revenue Service.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Tuesday, December 2, 2008, from 1:15
to 5 p.m., Wednesday, December 3,
2008, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
Thursday, December 4, 2008, from 8
a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Fields at (954) 423–7974.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given pursuant to Section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that an open meeting of the Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel will be held Tuesday,
December 2, 2008, from 1:15 to 5 p.m.,
Wednesday, December 3, 2008, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, December
4, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., at the
Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington,
VA. If you would like to have the
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel consider a
written statement, please call (954) 423–
7974, fax to (954) 423–7975, or write to
Anita Fields at Taxpayer Advocacy
Panel, Room 340, 1000 South Pine
Island Road, Plantation, FL, 33324, or
you can post comments to the web site
at https://www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include the
following: Discussion of various IRS
issues.
Dated: November 12, 2008.
Roy L. Block,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held.
The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and
suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue
Service.
DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, December 2, 2008, from 1:15 to
5 p.m., Wednesday, December 3, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
Thursday, December 4, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Fields at (954) 423-7974.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that an open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held
Tuesday, December 2, 2008, from 1:15 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, December 3,
2008, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, December 4, 2008, from 8
a.m. to 4:15 p.m., at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, VA. If
you would like to have the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel consider a written
statement, please call (954) 423-7974, fax to (954) 423-7975, or write
to Anita Fields at Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, Room 340, 1000 South Pine
Island Road, Plantation, FL, 33324, or you can post comments to the web
site at https://www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include the following: Discussion of various IRS
issues.
Dated: November 12, 2008.
Roy L. Block,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
[FR Doc. E8-27861 Filed 11-21-08; 8:45 am]
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