Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration
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Office of Pipeline Safety
Overview for Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration PHMSA

• Alex Dankanich
• Community Assistance and Technical Services
• September 7, 2005

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OPS Mission

• To ensure the safereliableand environmentally
  sound operation of the Nations pipeline
  transportation system

• Hazardous Liquid Pipelines 186,000 miles
• Natural Gas Transmission 306,000 miles
• Gas Distribution Pipelines 1.2 million miles
• Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) 101 Facilities

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OPS Strategic Focus

• Improve the safety of the Nations pipelines
• Reduce the number of incidents
• Reduce the likelihood of major incidents
• Mitigate the consequences of incidents
• Provide the basis for increased public confidence
  in pipeline safety

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Risk and Integrity ManagementPipeline Safety
RegulationInspection and Enforcement

• Five OPS Regional Offices
• 67 Inspectors and Engineers
• Interstate Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines
• Interstate HazardousLiquid Pipelines
• LNG Facilities tied toInterstate Pipelines

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Risk and Integrity ManagementPipeline Safety
RegulationInspection and Enforcement

• State Partners assume Safety jurisdiction for
  Intrastate Pipelines and LNG Facilities
• National Association of Pipeline Safety
  Representatives (NAPSR) facilitates communication
  among States and with OPS
• OPS distributes Grants to partially fund State
  Programs
• State jurisdiction varies based on State Law

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OPS ChallengesNatural Gas TransmissionPipeline
Incident

• March 23, 1994, Edison, NJ
• Natural gas transmission line operating at 970
  psig
• Force of escaping gas excavated area around pipe
  and gas ignited
• Several apartment buildings burned
• Investigation found teeth marks on pipeline
• Crushed Ford Ranger pick-up truck excavated near
  rupture

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OPS ChallengesHazardous LiquidPipeline Accident

• June 10, 1999, Bellingham, WA
• Gasoline leaked into a creek in a park
• 1.5 hours after leak started, gasoline ignited
• 3 fatalities, 8 injuries
• 45 million in property damage
• Leak caused by damage to pipeline during 1994
  water treatment plant construction

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Risk and Integrity ManagementIntegrity
Management Programs

• Assessment of pipeline integrityin high
  consequence areas
• Integration of risk and knowledge
• Allocate resources to focus on the highest risks
• Operators developing their own performance
  measures and performance monitoring programs
• Written integrity programs are living document to
  drive continuous improvement

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Risk and Integrity ManagementPipeline Integrity
Management Programs

• Hazardous Liquid Pipelines (2000)
• Baseline Assessments completeby 2008
• Natural Gas TransmissionPipelines (2003)
• Baseline Assessments completeby 2012
• Gas Distribution Pipelines
• Under Development

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Risk and Integrity ManagementOperator
Qualification

• Pipeline Employees and Contractors must be
  Qualified to perform Covered Tasks
• Personnel must be Trained and Evaluated to
  ensure
• Safe and Proper Performance of Covered Task
• Recognize and React to Abnormal Operating
  Conditions
• Consensus Standard under development - ASME
  Standard B31Q

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Risk and Integrity ManagementNational Pipeline
Mapping System (NPMS)

• Layered Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Includes hazardous liquid gas transmission
  pipelines, breakout tanks, and LNG facilities
• Password-protected access to federal, state, and
  localgovernment agencies
• Public access to identify pipeline operators by
  County or Postal Code

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Risk and Integrity ManagementOil Spill Response
Planning

• Operators submit Oil Spill Response Plans to OPS
  for review

• Operators conduct drills and revise Plans based
  on Lessons Learned

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Pipeline Emergency Training
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Pipeline Emergencies Training Program

• The new Pipeline Emergencies Training Program is
  now available!
• The video and training manual are a resource for
  responders to pipeline emergencies. The material
  was developed through a partnership of the U.S.
  Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline
  Safety and the National Association of State Fire
  Marshals.

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Pipeline Emergency training

• Call 877-627-3605 to order Pipeline Emergencies
  Training Program or access the online order form
  from this site
• http//www.pipelineemergencies.com/order.html

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Shared Knowledge and ResponsibilityPublic
Awareness Programs

• In June 2005, Regulations revised to require all
  operators to comply with API Recommended Practice
  1162
• Communications Plans tailored to Stakeholder
  Audience
• Residents along ROW, General Public,Local Public
  Officials, Emergency Responders
• Must Evaluate Effectiveness to drive Continuous
  Improvement

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Stewardship In a Changing WorldTransmission
Pipelinesand Land Use

• Residential and Commercial Development occurring
  in once-rural areas with Transmission Pipelines
• Transportation Research Board Special Report 281
  made recommendations for OPS action
• Risk-informed land use planning guidance
• Industry best practices for rights-of-way
• Task Team forming in fall 2005 federal
  agencies, associations of local governments,
  planning development associations, pipeline
  industry associations

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Stewardship In a Changing WorldLNG Safety and
Siting

• OPS working with the National Fire Protection
  Association (NFPA) to revise LNG consensus
  standard

• Increased LNG Import capability needed for gas
  supply adequacy
• OPS participates in FERC and MARAD siting
  processes

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Stewardship In a Changing WorldAlaska Gas
Pipeline

• Alaska Natural Gas transportation to the Lower
  48 needed for gas supply adequacy
• OPS working to identify design issues not
  currently within the scope of regulations
• Increased Valve Spacing
• High Strength, Thin Walled Pipesusceptibility to
  Buckling and Cracking
• Effects of Direct Burial in Permafrost
• In-Line Inspection equipment forlarge diameter
  pipe

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Eastern Region Community Assistance and
Technical Information

• alex.dankanich_at_dot.gov
• 202-260-8518 (O)
• Alex Dankanich
• Office of Pipeline Safety Eastern Region
• 409 3rd St. SW
• Washington, DC 20024