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an environment that led to external
corrosion; and
• The pipeline’s CP system was not
effective in preventing corrosion from
occurring beneath the pipeline’s
coating/insulation system.
(2) Failure to detect and mitigate the
corrosion:
• The ILI and subsequent analysis of
ILI data did not characterize the extent
and depth of the external corrosion
accurately.
Corrosion under insulation (CUI) is
recognized as an integrity threat
difficult to address through
conventional cathodic protection
systems and can lead to accelerated
wall-loss corrosion and stress corrosion
cracking of the pipe steel. A NACE
International (NACE) technical
committee report titled ‘‘Effectiveness of
Cathodic Protection on Thermally
Insulated Underground Metallic
Structures’’ dated September 2006
(NACE International Publication
10A392, 2006 Edition), was prepared as
a guide for external corrosion control of
thermally-insulated underground
metallic surfaces and considerations of
the effectiveness of CP. A summary of
the NACE report’s conclusions are as
follows:
(1) ‘‘Generally, the application of
external CP to thermally insulated
metallic surfaces has been ineffective.
(2) The principal or primary means of
corrosion control of thermally-insulated
metallic surfaces is the application of an
effective coating on the metallic surface.
(3) Care is typically taken in the
application of the external jacket and
during pipe installation to minimize
water ingress, which causes corrosion at
imperfections in the primary coating.
(4) When practical, the thermally
insulated metallic surfaces need to be
inspected at routine time intervals for
metal loss (e.g., an internal pipeline
inspection tool could be used).’’
II. Advisory Bulletin (ADB–2016–04)
To: Owners and Operators of
Hazardous Liquid, Carbon Dioxide and
Gas Pipelines.
Subject: Ineffective Protection,
Detection, and Mitigation of Corrosion
Resulting from Insulated Coatings on
Buried Pipelines.
Advisory: Operators of hazardous
liquid, carbon dioxide and gas
pipelines, as defined in 49 CFR parts
192 and 195, should review their
operating, maintenance, and integrity
management activities to ensure that
their insulated and buried pipelines
have effective cathodic protection
systems, including coating systems to
protect against cathodic protection
shielding and moisture under the
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coatings with higher operating
temperatures, and in-line inspection
tool findings are accurate, verified, and
the in-line tools are appropriate for the
pipeline threat. This bulletin is
intended to inform operators about
PHMSA’ failure investigation of the
Plains Pipeline May 19, 2015, accident
in Santa Barbara, California and to urge
operators to take all necessary actions,
including, but not limited to, those set
forth in this bulletin, to prevent and
mitigate the breach of integrity, leaks,
and/or failures of their pipeline
facilities and to ensure the safety of the
public and operating personnel and to
protect the environment.
Operators must have and implement
procedures to operate, maintain, assess,
and repair their pipelines. These
procedures for insulated and buried
pipelines should take into
consideration:
(1) The need for coatings and cathodic
protection systems to be designed,
installed, and maintained so as not to
foster an environment of shielding and
moisture that can lead to excessive
external corrosion growth rates and pipe
steel cracking such as stress corrosion
cracking.
(2) Coatings for buried, insulated
pipelines that may result in cathodic
protection ‘‘shielding’’ yet still comply
with 49 CFR part 192, subpart I or 49
CFR part 195, subpart H. Inadequate
corrosion prevention may be addressed
through any one or more methods, or a
combination of methods, including, but
not limited to, the following:
• Replacing insulated and buried
pipelines with compromised coating
systems or inadequate cathodic
protections systems;
• Repairing or re-coating
compromised portions of the coating on
insulated and buried pipelines to ensure
adequate corrosion control; or
• Taking other special precautions if
an operator suspects that adequate
cathodic protection cannot be provided
due to shielding resulting from
insulated coatings that have become
disbonded. Such precautions may
include:
Æ More frequent reassessments;
Æ Usage of the appropriate
assessment tools for all threats
including stress corrosion cracking;
Æ Coordination of data from the
appropriate ILI technologies;
Æ More stringent repair criteria
targeted at CUI or corrosion under
disbonded coatings for insulated and
buried pipelines;
Æ Usage of a leak detection system
with instrumentation and associated
calculations to monitor line pack (the
total volume of liquid present in a
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pipeline section) along all portions of
the pipeline when it is operating or shut
down; and
Æ Valve spacing to limit any possible
spill volumes with remotely operated
valves and pressure monitoring at the
valves.
(3) Advanced ILI data analysis
techniques to account for the potential
growth of CUI, including interaction
criteria for anomaly assessment.
(4) ILI data, subsequent analysis of the
data, and pipeline excavations that:
• Confirm the accuracy of the ILI data
to characterize the extent and depth of
the external corrosion and ILI tolerances
and unity charts;
• Follow the ILI guidelines of API
Standard 1163, ‘‘In-Line Inspection
Systems Qualification Standard’’ 2nd
edition, April 2013, (API Std. 1163) for
ILI assessments;
• Use additional or more frequent
reassessment intervals and
confirmations when the insulated and
buried pipeline external coating, shields
the pipeline from CP, retains moisture
on insulated coating systems, and
operates at higher operating
temperatures; and
• Assess and mitigate operational and
environmental conditions in shielded
and insulated coatings that lead to
excessive corrosion growth rates, pipe
steel cracking, and all other threats.
In addition to the above, an operator’s
operating and maintenance processes
and procedures should be reviewed and
updated at least annually, unless
operational inspections for integrity
warrant shorter review periods.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 15,
2016, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline
Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Health Services Research and
Development Service, Scientific Merit
Review Board; Notice of Meetings
The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
2, that the Health Services Research and
Development Service Scientific Merit
Review Board will conduct in-person
and teleconference meetings of its seven
Health Services Research (HSR)
subcommittees on the dates below from
8:00 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m.
(unless otherwise listed) at the Hilton
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Crystal City, 2399 Jefferson Davis
Highway, Crystal City, VA 22202
(unless otherwise listed):
• HSR 1—Health Care and Clinical
Management on August 23–24, 2016;
• HSR 2—Behavioral, Social, and
Cultural Determinants of Health and
Care on August 23–24, 2016;
• HSR 4—Mental and Behavioral Health
on August 23–24, 2016;
• HSR 5—Health Care System
Organization and Delivery on August
23–24, 2016;
• CDA—Career Development Award
Meeting on August 25–26, 2016;
• HSR 3—Healthcare Informatics on
August 24–25, 2016;
• NRI—Nursing Research Initiative
from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on August
26, 2016;
• HSR 6—Post-acute and Long-term
Care on August 25, 2016;
• HSR 8—Randomized Program
Evaluations from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00
p.m. on August 25, 2016; and
• HSR 0—Precision Mental Health from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on August 25,
2016.
The purpose of the Board is to review
health services research and
development applications involving:
The measurement and evaluation of
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health care services; the testing of new
methods of health care delivery and
management; and nursing research.
Applications are reviewed for scientific
and technical merit, mission relevance,
and the protection of human and animal
subjects. Recommendations regarding
funding are submitted to the Chief
Research and Development Officer.
Each subcommittee meeting of the
Board will be open to the public the first
day for approximately one half-hour at
the start of the meeting on August 23–
24 (HSR 1, 2, 4, 5), August 24–25 (HSR
3), August 25 (HSR 0, 6, 8), August 25–
26 (CDA), and August 26 (NRI) to cover
administrative matters and to discuss
the general status of the program.
Members of the public who wish to
attend the open portion of the
subcommittee meetings may dial 1–
800–767–1750, participant code 10443#.
The remaining portion of each
subcommittee meeting will be closed for
the discussion, examination, reference
to, and oral review of the intramural
research proposals and critiques. During
the closed portion of each subcommittee
meeting, discussion and
recommendations will include
qualifications of the personnel
conducting the studies (the disclosure of
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which would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy), as well as research information
(the premature disclosure of which
would likely compromise significantly
the implementation of proposed agency
action regarding such research projects).
As provided by subsection 10(d) of
Public Law 92–463, as amended by
Public Law 94–409, closing the meeting
is in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).
No oral or written comments will be
accepted from the public for either
portion of the meetings. Those who plan
to participate during the open portion of
a subcommittee meeting should contact
Ms. Liza Catucci, Administrative
Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs,
Health Services Research and
Development Service (10P9H), 810
Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20420, or by email at Liza.Catucci@
va.gov. For further information, please
call Ms. Catucci at (202) 443–5797.
Dated: June 16, 2016.
Jelessa Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Health Services Research and Development Service, Scientific
Merit Review Board; Notice of Meetings
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, that the Health
Services Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board
will conduct in-person and teleconference meetings of its seven Health
Services Research (HSR) subcommittees on the dates below from 8:00 a.m.
to approximately 5:00 p.m. (unless otherwise listed) at the Hilton
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Crystal City, 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Crystal City, VA 22202
(unless otherwise listed):
HSR 1--Health Care and Clinical Management on August 23-24,
2016;
HSR 2--Behavioral, Social, and Cultural Determinants of Health
and Care on August 23-24, 2016;
HSR 4--Mental and Behavioral Health on August 23-24, 2016;
HSR 5--Health Care System Organization and Delivery on August
23-24, 2016;
CDA--Career Development Award Meeting on August 25-26, 2016;
HSR 3--Healthcare Informatics on August 24-25, 2016;
NRI--Nursing Research Initiative from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
on August 26, 2016;
HSR 6--Post-acute and Long-term Care on August 25, 2016;
HSR 8--Randomized Program Evaluations from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00
p.m. on August 25, 2016; and
HSR 0--Precision Mental Health from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
August 25, 2016.
The purpose of the Board is to review health services research and
development applications involving: The measurement and evaluation of
health care services; the testing of new methods of health care
delivery and management; and nursing research. Applications are
reviewed for scientific and technical merit, mission relevance, and the
protection of human and animal subjects. Recommendations regarding
funding are submitted to the Chief Research and Development Officer.
Each subcommittee meeting of the Board will be open to the public
the first day for approximately one half-hour at the start of the
meeting on August 23-24 (HSR 1, 2, 4, 5), August 24-25 (HSR 3), August
25 (HSR 0, 6, 8), August 25-26 (CDA), and August 26 (NRI) to cover
administrative matters and to discuss the general status of the
program. Members of the public who wish to attend the open portion of
the subcommittee meetings may dial 1-800-767-1750, participant code
10443#.
The remaining portion of each subcommittee meeting will be closed
for the discussion, examination, reference to, and oral review of the
intramural research proposals and critiques. During the closed portion
of each subcommittee meeting, discussion and recommendations will
include qualifications of the personnel conducting the studies (the
disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy), as well as research information (the premature
disclosure of which would likely compromise significantly the
implementation of proposed agency action regarding such research
projects). As provided by subsection 10(d) of Public Law 92-463, as
amended by Public Law 94-409, closing the meeting is in accordance with
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).
No oral or written comments will be accepted from the public for
either portion of the meetings. Those who plan to participate during
the open portion of a subcommittee meeting should contact Ms. Liza
Catucci, Administrative Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, Health
Services Research and Development Service (10P9H), 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420, or by email at Liza.Catucci@va.gov. For
further information, please call Ms. Catucci at (202) 443-5797.
Dated: June 16, 2016.
Jelessa Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-14639 Filed 6-20-16; 8:45 am]
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