Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials
Subpart 3 - Natural Resources
Chapter 304 - Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline-Operation and Maintenance [49 CFR Part 195 Subpart F]
Section V-30402 - Procedural Manual for Operations, Maintenance, and Emergencies [49 CFR 195.402]
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-30402
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. General . Each operator shall prepare and follow for each pipeline system a manual of written procedures for conducting normal operations and maintenance activities and handling abnormal operations and emergencies. This manual shall be reviewed at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year, and appropriate changes made as necessary to insure that the manual is effective. This manual shall be prepared before initial operations of a pipeline system commence, and appropriate parts shall be kept at locations where operations and maintenance activities are conducted. [ 49 CFR 195.402(a)]
B. The administrator or the state agency that has submitted a current certification under the pipeline safety laws (49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.) with respect to the pipeline facility governed by an operator's plans and procedures may, after notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in 49 CFR 190.237 or the relevant state procedures, require the operator to amend its plans and procedures as necessary to provide a reasonable level of safety. [ 49 CFR 195.402(B)]
C. Maintenance and Normal Operations. The manual required by §30402. A must include procedures for the following to provide safety during maintenance and normal operations: [ 49 CFR 195.402(c)]
1. making construction records, maps, and
operating history available as necessary for safe operation and maintenance; [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(1)
]
2. gathering of data needed for
reporting accidents under Chapter 301. Subchapter B in a timely and effective
manner; [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(2)
]
3. operating, maintaining, and
repairing the pipeline system in accordance with each of the requirements of
this Chapter and Subchapter B of Chapter 305; [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(3)
]
4. Determining which pipeline
facilities are in areas that would require an immediate response by the
operator to prevent hazards to the public, property, or the environment if the
facilities failed or malfunctioned, including segments that could affect
high-consequence areas (HCA) or are in HCAs, and valves specified in
§30418 [49 CFR
195.402(c)(4)]
5. Investigating and analyzing pipeline
accidents and failures, including sending the failed pipe, component, or
equipment for laboratory testing or examination where appropriate, to determine
the cause(s) and contributing factors of the failure and to minimize the
possibility of a recurrence. [49 CFR
195.402(c)(5)]
a. Post-failure and -accident lessons
learned. Each operator must develop, implement, and incorporate lessons learned
from a post-failure and accident review into its written procedures, including
in pertinent operator personnel training and qualifications programs, and in
design, construction, testing, maintenance, operations, and emergency procedure
manuals and specifications. [49 CFR
195.402(c)(5)(i)]
b. Analysis of rupture and valve shut-offs;
preventive and mitigative measures. If a failure or accident on an onshore
hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline involves the closure of a
rupture-mitigation valve (RMV), as defined in §30105, or the closure of an
alternative equivalent technology, the operator of the pipeline must also
conduct a post-failure or post-accident analysis of all the factors that may
have impacted the release volume and the consequences of the release and
identify and implement operations and maintenance measures to minimize the
consequences of a future failure or accident. The analysis must include all
relevant factors impacting the release volume and the consequences, including,
but not limited to, the following: [49 CFR
195.402(c)(5)(ii)]
i. Detection, identification, operational
response, system shut-off, and emergency-response communications, based on the
type and volume of the release or failure event; ( [49 CFR
195.402(c)(5)(ii)(A)]
ii. Appropriateness and effectiveness of
procedures and pipeline systems, including supervisory control and data
acquisition (SCADA), communications, valve shut-off, and operator personnel; (
[49 CFR
195.402(c)(5)(ii)(B)]
iii. Actual response time from identifying a
rupture following a notification of potential rupture, as defined at §30105, to
initiation of mitigative actions and isolation of the segment, and the
appropriateness and effectiveness of the mitigative actions taken; (
[49 CFR
195.402(c)(5)(ii)(C)]
iv. Location and timeliness of actuation of
all RMVs or alternative equivalent technologies; and ( [49 CFR
195.402(c)(5)(ii)(D)]
v. All other factors the operator deems
appropriate. ( [49 CFR
195.402(c)(5)(ii)(E)]
c. Rupture post-failure and
accident summary. If a failure or accident on an onshore hazardous liquid or
carbon dioxide pipeline involves the identification of a rupture following a
notification of potential rupture; the closure of an RMV, as those terms are
defined in §30105; or the closure of an alternative equivalent technology, the
operator must complete a summary of the post-failure or -accident review
required by subparagraph C.5.b of this section within 90 days of the failure or
accident. While the investigation is pending, the operator must conduct
quarterly status reviews until the investigation is completed and a final
post-failure or -accident review is prepared. The final post-failure or
-accident summary and all other reviews and analyses produced under the
requirements of this section must be reviewed, dated, and signed by the
operator's appropriate senior executive officer. An operator must keep, for the
useful life of the pipeline, the final post-failure or -accident summary, all
investigation and analysis documents used to prepare it, and records of lessons
learned. [49 CFR
195.402(c)(5)(iii)]
6. minimizing the potential for
hazards identified under
§30402. C.4 and the
possibility of recurrence of accidents analyzed under
§30402. C 5; [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(6)
]
7. starting up and shutting down
any part of the pipeline system in a manner designed to assure operation within
the limits prescribed by §30406, consider the hazardous liquid or carbon
dioxide in transportation, variations in altitude along the pipeline, and
pressure monitoring and control devices; [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(7)
]
8. in the case of a pipeline that
is not equipped to fail safe, monitoring from an attended location pipeline
pressure during start-up until steady state pressure and flow conditions are
reached and during shut-in to assure operation within limits prescribed by
§30406; [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(8)
]
9. in the case of facilities not
equipped to fail safe that are identified under
§30402. C.4 or that
control receipt and delivery of the hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide,
detecting abnormal operating conditions by monitoring pressure, temperature,
flow or other appropriate operational data and transmitting this data to an
attended location; [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(9)
]
10. abandoning pipeline
facilities, including safe disconnection from an operating pipeline system,
purging of combustibles, and sealing abandoned facilities left in place to
minimize safety and environmental hazards. For each abandoned offshore pipeline
facility or each abandoned onshore pipeline facility that crosses over, under
or through commercially navigable waterways the last operator of that facility
must file a report upon abandonment of that facility in accordance with
§30141 of this Subpart; [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(10)
]
11. minimizing the likelihood of
accidental ignition of vapors in areas near facilities identified under
§30402. C.4 where the
potential exists for the presence of flammable liquids or gases; [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(11)
]
12. Establishing and maintaining
adequate means of communication with the appropriate public safety answering
point (i.e., 9-1-1 emergency call center), where direct access to a 9-1-1
emergency call center is available from the location of the pipeline, and fire,
police, and other public officials. Operators must determine the
responsibilities, resources, jurisdictional area(s), and emergency contact
telephone numbers for both local and out-of-area calls of each Federal, State,
and local government organization that may respond to a pipeline emergency, and
inform the officials about the operator's ability to respond to the pipeline
emergency and means of communication during emergencies. Operators may
establish liaison with the appropriate local emergency coordinating agencies,
such as 9-1-1 emergency call centers or county emergency managers, in lieu of
communicating individually with each fire, police, or other public entity.
[49 CFR
195.402(c)(12)]
13. periodically reviewing the work done by
operator personnel to determine the effectiveness of the procedures used in
normal operation and maintenance and taking corrective action where
deficiencies are found; [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(13)
]
14. taking adequate precautions
in excavated trenches to protect personnel from the hazards of unsafe
accumulations of vapor or gas, and making available when needed at the
excavation, emergency rescue equipment, including a breathing apparatus and, a
rescue harness and line. [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(14)
]
15. Implementing the applicable
control room management procedures required by
§30446 [
49
CFR 195.402(c)(15)
]
D. Abnormal Operation. The manual required by §30402. A must include procedures for the following to provide safety when operating design limits have been exceeded. [ 49 CFR 195.402(d)]
1. Responding to, investigating, and
correcting the cause of: [
49
CFR 195.402(d)(1)]
a. unintended closure of valves or shutdowns;
[
49
CFR 195.402(d)(1)(i)
]
b. increase or decrease in
pressure or flow rate outside normal operating limits; [
49
CFR 195.402(d)(1)(ii)
]
c. loss of communications; [
49
CFR 195.402(d)(1)(iii)
]
d. operation of any safety
device; [
49
CFR 195.402(d)(1)(iv)
]
e. any other malfunction of a
component, deviation from normal operation, or personnel error which could
cause a hazard to persons or property. [
49
CFR 195.402(d)(1)(v)
]
2. Checking variations
from normal operation after abnormal operation has ended at sufficient critical
locations in the system to determine continued integrity and safe operation. [
49
CFR 195.402(d)(2)
]
3. Correcting variations from
normal operation of pressure and flow equipment and controls. [
49
CFR 195.402(d)(3)
]
4. Notifying responsible operator
personnel when notice of an abnormal operation is received. [
49
CFR 195.402(d)(4)
]
5. Periodically reviewing the
response of operator personnel to determine the effectiveness of the procedures
controlling abnormal operation and taking corrective action where deficiencies
are found. [
49
CFR 195.402(d)(5)
]
E. Emergencies. The manual required by §30402. A must include procedures for the following to provide safety when an emergency condition occurs: [ 49 CFR 195.402(e)]
1. Receiving, identifying, and classifying
notices of events that need immediate response by the operator or notice to the
appropriate public safety answering point (i.e., 9-1-1 emergency call center),
where direct access to a 9-1-1 emergency call center is available from the
location of the pipeline, and fire, police, and other appropriate public
officials, and communicating this information to appropriate operator personnel
for prompt corrective action. Operators may establish liaison with the
appropriate local emergency coordinating agencies, such as 9-1-1 emergency call
centers or county emergency managers, in lieu of communicating individually
with each fire, police, or other public entity. [49 CFR
195.402(e)(1)]
2. prompt and effective response to a notice
of each type of emergency, including fire or explosion occurring near or
directly involving a pipeline facility, accidental release of hazardous liquid
or carbon dioxide from a pipeline facility, operational failure causing a
hazardous condition, and natural disaster affecting pipeline facilities; [
49
CFR 195.402(e)(2)
]
3. having personnel, equipment,
instruments, tools, and material available as needed at the scene of an
emergency; [
49
CFR 195.402(e)(3)
]
4. Taking necessary actions,
including but not limited to, emergency shutdown, valve shut-off, or pressure
reduction, in any section of the operator's pipeline system, to minimize
hazards of released hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide to life, property, or
the environment. Each operator must also develop written rupture identification
procedures to evaluate and identify whether a notification of potential
rupture, as defined in §30105, is an actual rupture event or non-rupture event.
These procedures must, at a minimum, specify the sources of information,
operational factors, and other criteria that operator personnel use to evaluate
a notification of potential rupture, as defined at
§30105 For operators installing valves in
accordance with
§30258 C,
§30258 D, or that are subject to the
requirements in §30418, those procedures should provide for rupture
identification as soon as practicable. [49 CFR
195.402(e)(4)]
5. control of released hazardous liquid or
carbon dioxide at an accident scene to minimize the hazards, including possible
intentional ignition in the cases of flammable highly volatile liquid; [
49
CFR 195.402(e)(5)
]
6. minimization of public
exposure to injury and probability of accidental ignition by assisting with
evacuation of residents and assisting with halting traffic on roads and
railroads in the affected area, or taking other appropriate action; [
49
CFR 195.402(e)(6)
]
7. Notifying the appropriate
public safety answering point (i.e., 9-1-1 emergency call center), where direct
access to a 9-1-1 emergency call center is available from the location of the
pipeline, and fire, police, and other public officials, of hazardous liquid or
carbon dioxide pipeline emergencies to coordinate and share information to
determine the location of the release, including both planned responses and
actual responses during an emergency, and any additional precautions necessary
for an emergency involving a pipeline transporting a highly volatile liquid
(HVL). The operator must immediately and directly notify the appropriate public
safety answering point or other coordinating agency for the communities and
jurisdiction(s) in which the pipeline is located after notification of
potential rupture, as defined at §30105, has occurred to coordinate and share
information to determine the location of the release, regardless of whether the
segment is subject to the requirements of
§30258.C or D, 30418, or
30419. [49 CFR
195.402(e)(7)]
8. in the case of failure of a pipeline
system transporting a highly volatile liquid, use of appropriate instruments to
assess the extent and coverage of the vapor cloud and determine the hazardous
area; [
49
CFR 195.402(e)(8)
]
9. providing for a post accident
review of employee activities to determine whether the procedures were
effective in each emergency and taking corrective action where deficiencies are
found. [
49
CFR 195.402(e)(9)
]
10. Actions required to be taken
by a controller during an emergency, in accordance with the operator's
emergency plans and
§30418 [49 CFR
195.402(e)(10)]
F. Safety-Related Condition Reports. The manual required by §30402. A must include instructions enabling personnel who perform operation and maintenance activities to recognize conditions that potentially may be safety-related conditions that are subject to the reporting requirements of §30133 [ 49 CFR 195.402(f)]
G. Exception. An operator of a gathering line must only comply with the requirements of §30402 effective as of October 4, 2022, and need not comply with the other requirements of this section. [49 CFR 195.402(g)]
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:753.
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