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mechanical properties of the pipe prior
to being shipped from the steel and pipe
rolling mills. Low yield and tensile
strength test results are defined as any
test results below the minimum
specified yield strength ordered, and
tensile strengths below those specified
for the specified grade. An example of
pipe standard and grades includes API
5L, PSL 2, X70 and X80; where X–70
corresponds to steel achieving a
specified minimum yield strength of
70,000 psi; and so on.
II. Advisory Bulletin ADB–09–01
To: Owners and Operators of
Hazardous Liquid and Natural Gas
Pipeline Systems.
Subject: Potential Low and Variable
Yield and Tensile Strength and
Chemical Composition Properties in
High Strength Line Pipe.
Advisory: The Federal pipeline safety
regulations in 49 CFR Parts 192 and 195
require operators of natural gas
transmission, gas distribution, and
hazardous liquids pipeline systems to
use pipe manufactured by a listed
specification in the design of pipelines
in accordance with §§ 192.7, 192.55 (a),
192.105, and §§ 195.3, 195.106, and
195.112.
PHMSA has identified an integrity
issue with respect to microalloyed high
grade line pipe. Tests that have been
conducted on line pipe that has been
installed in pipeline systems have
shown that some of the pipe material
has yield strengths, tensile strengths,
and/or chemical compositions that do
not meet the requirements of the
American Petroleum Institute,
Specification for Line Pipe—5L, (API
5L), for PSL 2 and the specified pipe
grade. Pipe joints produced from plate
or coil from the same heat may exhibit
variable chemical and mechanical
properties. Yield strengths below the
minimum specified yield strength have
been reported and yield strengths up to
15% lower than the strength values on
the pipe manufacturer produced mill
test report have also been reported. In
some cases, the affected pipe may
successfully pass strength testing
methods contained in current
specifications but may lead to a future
pipeline integrity issue. The presence of
low yield strength line pipe installed in
a pipeline system may result in
increased susceptibility to excessive
pipe expansion or rupture during the
pre in-service field hydrostatic strength
test.
PHMSA wants to ensure that owners
and operators of recently constructed
pipeline systems are aware of the need
to investigate whether their pipelines
contain joints of pipe that do not meet
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minimum specification requirements.
Pipeline owners and operators should
review all MPS mill test reports and
other appropriate documentation with
their pipe suppliers to determine if all
specification requirements have been
met. Pipeline owners and operators
should be aware that small deviations in
steel rolling schedule parameters can
have a pronounced effect on final
mechanical properties. The MPS should
provide adequate information
concerning process details and
inspection methods to ensure that the
materials are uniform and will meet all
specification requirements.
PHMSA advises pipeline owners and
operators of in service pipelines to
review their pipe specifications, pipe
steel making and rolling MPS, pipe mill
test reports, deformation tool results and
all hydrostatic test failure results for
both mill and in place hydrostatic tests
to ensure that inconsistent mechanical
and chemical properties are not
inherent in microalloyed line pipe
grades on all API 5L—PSL 2, X70 and
X80 line pipe installed during recent
construction projects.
Pipeline owners and operators should
conduct technical document reviews on
all high strength microalloyed line pipe
installed during this period, review
hydrostatic test failures that occurred on
pipelines installed during this period
and consider using methods to detect
pipe expansion such as running
deformation tools that detect expanded
pipe in these systems if they have any
knowledge, findings or pipe history that
lead them to believe their newly
constructed high grade line pipe
systems contain line pipe joints that do
not meet specification requirements.
Should a pipeline owner or operator
have knowledge of other high grade
pipe vintages supplied at early dates
that are in their operating systems that
may have this problem, they should
consider conducting reviews as
described above with these operating
pipelines to ensure that operating
pressures and anomaly repair
procedures are not being conducted
outside of their 49 CFR Parts 192 and
195 Code parameters.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. chapter 601 and 49
CFR 1.53.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 14,
2009.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[AC 187–1C]
Schedule of Charges Outside the
United States
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) is announcing the
availability of Advisory Circular (AC)
187–1C which transmits an updated
schedule of charges for services of FAA
Flight Standards Aviation Safety
Inspectors outside the United States.
The advisory circular has been updated
in accordance with the procedures
listed in 14 CFR Part 187, Appendix A.
DATES: This AC is effective on June 1,
2009.
ADDRESSES: How to obtain copies: A
copy of this publication may be
downloaded from: https://rgl.faa.gov/
Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/
rgAdvisoryCircular.nsf/0/b38e4a
75d8e55cae862575b6004e937a/$FILE/
AC%20187-1C.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Geoff McIntyre, Flight Standards
Service, AFS–51, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591,
telephone (202) 385–8139.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 14,
2009.
John W. McGraw,
Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. E9–11926 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am]
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AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on Structural
Safety of Department of Veterans
Affairs Facilities; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–
463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act)
that a meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Structural Safety of
Department of Veterans Affairs
Facilities will be held on June 18–19,
2009, in Room 442, Export Import Bank,
811 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC. The June 18 session
will be from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., and the
June 19 session will be from 8:30 a.m.
until 12:30 p.m. The meeting is open to
the pubic.
The purpose of the Committee is to
advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[AC 187-1C]
Schedule of Charges Outside the United States
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is announcing the
availability of Advisory Circular (AC) 187-1C which transmits an
updated schedule of charges for services of FAA Flight Standards
Aviation Safety Inspectors outside the United States. The advisory
circular has been updated in accordance with the procedures listed in
14 CFR Part 187, Appendix A.
DATES: This AC is effective on June 1, 2009.
ADDRESSES: How to obtain copies: A copy of this publication may be
downloaded from: https://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory--and--Guidance--Library/
rgAdvisoryCircular.nsf/0/b38e4a75d8e55cae862575b6004e937a/$FILE/
AC%20187-1C.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Geoff McIntyre, Flight Standards
Service, AFS-51, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 385-8139.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2009.
John W. McGraw,
Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. E9-11926 Filed 5-20-09; 8:45 am]
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