Direct Assessment and Integrity Management

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Direct AssessmentandIntegrity Management

• Direct Assessment Workshop
• November 4, 2003

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Welcome and Thanks

• Sponsors
• OPS NAPSR
• AGA, APGA, INGAA NACE
• Organizers
• OPS Barrett, Martinez, Morgan St. Germain
• NACE Johnson and Davies
• Show of Hands

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Welcome and Thanks

• Housekeeping Announcements
• Breaks 930a 315p
• Lunch 1200-130p
• Facilities and Fire Exits
• Importance of Timeliness
• Identify Yourself When Speaking
• Questions QA Session Cards
• http//primis.rspa.dot.gov/iim

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Why Conduct this Workshop Now?

• Statutory and Regulatory Drivers
• PSIA of 2002 provides for DA
• Pending Gas IM rule includes DA
• Oversight just over a year away
• Future hazardous liquid IM rulemaking will
  provide for DA
• Already have examples of operator notifications

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Workshop Goals

• Provide Current Status of DA
• What is known now?
• What can DA do now, how is it applied, what has
  been done?
• What work is underway to improve the reliability
  of DA?

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Workshop Goals

• Perspectives, Issues Concerns
• Regulators and audience
• Industry
• Overview of Direct Assessment
• Basic DA considerations
• Video presentation of DA

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Agenda

• Richard Lopez (OPS-SW Region)
• Regulatory Expectations Observations
• Need for DA
• Validation
• Reliability and repeatability
• Capabilities and limitations
• Timely development of standards

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Agenda

• Zach Barrett /Phil Sher
• Status of OPS/Industry RD Efforts
• Panel briefing Ongoing RD
• Jim Merritt (OPS)
• Keith Leevis (PRCI)
• Debbie Dimeo (NGA)

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Agenda

• Industry Perspectives
• Panel briefing activities, challenges, and
  perspectives
• AGA (Paul Gustilo)
• INGAA (Drew Helve)

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Agenda

• Industry Demo of DA Process
• Actual programs in progress
• Lessons learned
• Strengths/weaknesses
• Alan Eastman (PGE)
• David Berger (Keyspan)

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Agenda

• Status of NACE DA Standards
• ECDA (RP 0502)
• ICDA (RP 0104 at ballot)
• SCCDA (Under development)
• Cliff Johnson Linda Goldberg (NACE)

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Agenda

• Question and Answer Opportunity
• All panelists and presenters

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Upcoming Events

• Gas Integrity Management Rule
• Future Public Workshops
• Stress Corrosion Cracking
• (Dec. 2 Houston)
• Introduction to Gas IM Rule
• March 2004 - Houston

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Conclusion

• Ambitious Agenda Today
• Presentations Will Be Posted
• http//primis.rspa.dot.gov/iim
• Feedback Forms
• Comments about this workshop
• Suggestions for future workshops
• Frequently Asked Questions