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PHMSA: Safety of Gas Transmission & Gathering Pipelines Summary
1. NPRM: Safety of Gas
Transmission
& Gathering Pipelines
(Docket: PMHSA-2011-0023)
Published - April 8, 2016
Comment period ends - July 7, 2016
June 2016
1
2. Timeline
2
• Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(ANPRM) published on August 25, 2011, “Pipeline
Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines”
(PHMSA-2011-0023)
• PHMSA sought public comment on 15 topics (122
questions)
• 103 comment letters received
• Included topics covering NTSB recommendations
from San Bruno and Marshall, MI accidents, and
Mandates from 2011 Pipeline Safety Act.
3. Summary of Proposed Changes
PHMSA proposing rule changes in the following areas for gas
transmission and gas gathering pipelines -
1. Require Assessments for Non-HCA’s
2. Strengthen repair criteria for HCA and Non-HCA
3. Strengthen requirements for Assessment Methods
4. Clarify requirements for validating & integrating pipeline
data
5. Clarify functional requirements for risk assessments
6. Clarify requirement to apply knowledge gained through IM
7. Strengthen corrosion control requirements
8. Add requirements for selected P&M measures in HCAs to
address internal corrosion and external corrosion
DRAFT V2: Deliberative & Pre-
Decisional
4. Summary of Proposed Rule
9. Management of change
10. Require pipeline inspection following extreme external
events
11. Include 6 month grace period (w/notice) to 7 year
reassessment interval (Act § 5(e))
12. Require reporting of MAOP exceedance (Act § 23)
13. Incorporate provisions to address seismicity (Act § 29)
14. Add requirement for safety features on launchers and
receivers
15. Gathering lines- Require reporting for all & some regulatory
requirements
16. Grandfather clause/Inadequate records - Integrity
Verification Process (IVP)
DRAFT V2: Deliberative & Pre-
Decisional
5. 1. Require Assessment for Non-HCAs
• ISSUE – Non-HCA pipelines are not currently required to be assessed.
Accidents do happen in non-HCAs.
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to require integrity assessments for the following
non-HCA segments: All Class 3 and 4 Locations and newly defined Moderate
Consequence Area’s that are piggable.
–Initial assessment within 15 years
– Periodic reassessment every 20 years thereafter
– Operators can take credit for prior assessments of MCA segments that were
conducted in conjunction with and HCA assessment without performing
another initial assessment
• BASIS:
- 19,872 miles of GT pipe in HCAs.
- 30,591 miles in MCAs must be assessed (of which 7,400 have not
had a prior assessment and do not require MAOP verification)
5
5
6. 1. Require Assessment for Non-HCAs
(cont.)
• Moderate Consequence Area (MCA):
– Non-HCA pipe that are populated in PIR (proposed 5 or more houses
or occupied site)
– House count and occupied site definition same as HCA, except for 5
houses or 5 persons at a site (instead of 20)
– Also, if interstate highway ROW is within PIR
6
6
7. 2. Revise Repair Criteria in HCAs &
Apply Same Criteria to Non HCAs**
• ISSUE - Greater assurance is needed that injurious anomalies and defects are repaired
before the defect can grow to a size that leads to a leak or rupture.
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to add repair criteria to be consistent with HL rule
– 80% metal loss (immediate)
– Corrosion near seam (immediate)
– Areas of general corrosion > 50% wt (one year**)
– Metal loss calculation that shows a FPR (one year**): ≤ less than or equal to 1.25 for
Class 1 locations, ≤ 1.39 for Class 2 locations, ≤ 1.67 for Class 3 locations, and ≤ 2.00 for
Class 4 locations.
– Additional dent criteria (one-year**)
– Selective Seam Corrosion (SSWC)/Significant SCC (immediate)
– All other SCC and crack-like defects (one-year**)
** Except that response time for non-immediate conditions would be tiered. Defects
requiring a one-year response for HCAs would require a two-year response in non-HCAs.
• BASIS:
- Addresses NTSB P-12-3 (Marshall, MI) for SCC and crack-like defects
- Addresses existing gaps in repair criteria
- Would require repairs be made for any defect predicted to fail a Subpart J pressure test
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8. 3. Strengthen Requirements on Selection
and Use of Assessment Methods
• ISSUE - Current rule is silent on a number of issues that impact the quality and
effectiveness of ILI assessments (except for a general reference to ASME B31.8S)
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to:
- Clarify selection and conduct of ILI per new mandatory reference to NACE,
API, and ASNT standards
- Clarify consideration of uncertainties in ILI reported results.
- Add the following allowed methods:
- GWUT in accordance with criteria in a new Appendix F
- Excavation and in situ direct examination
- “Spike” hydrostatic pressure test
- Allow Direct Assessment only if line is not piggable.
• BASIS:
- Following the San Bruno accident, determined that Direct Assessment was
relied upon by PG&E even when not effective for the specific application
- Include additional assessment methods known to be effective for specific
situations (e.g., GWUT for crossings) or threats (e.g., Spike hydro for SCC)
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9. 4. Improving Rqts. for Collecting, Validating
& Integrating Pipeline Data
• ISSUE - Operators are collecting much information but an integrated
and documented analysis is often inadequate.
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING TO:
- Clarify that data be verified and validated
- Clarify requirements for integrated analysis of data & information
- Establish minimum pipeline attributes that must be included
- Require use of validated, objective data whenever practical
- Address requirements for use of SME input
• BASIS:
- San Bruno highlighted weakness in this area
- Congressional mandate to validate data
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10. 5. Add Specific Functional Requirements
for Risk Models
• ISSUE – More specificity is needed for the nature and application of risk models
to improve the usefulness of these analyses to control risks from pipelines.
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to enhance requirements for performance-based risk
assessments to:
- Add a new definition for “quantitative risk assessment” that adequately
evaluates the effects of:
- interacting threats.
- Identify the contribution to risk of each risk factor
- Account for uncertainties in the risk model and data used
- Require validation of risk models in light of incident, leak, and failure history
& other historical information [codifies NTSB P-11-29 recommendation to
PG&E]
• BASIS:
- Addresses NTSB recommendations and lessons learned from the San Bruno
accident investigation
- Address input from July 2011 Risk Management workshop
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11. 6. Strengthen Requirements for Applying
Knowledge Gained Through the IM
Program
• ISSUE - Strengthening requirements related to operators’ use of insights gained
from its IM program is prudent to ensure effective risk management.
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to:
- Clarify expectation that operators use knowledge from risk assessments to
establish and implement adequate Preventive & Mitigative measures
- Provide more explicit examples of the type of P&M measures to be evaluated
- Clarify requirement that risk models adequately reflect data integration
analyses and are validated against incident and failure experience
• BASIS:
- Stronger rule emphasis on fundamental goal of risk based IM
- Address NTSB recommendations following San Bruno
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12. 7. Strengthen Corrosion Control
• ISSUE - Current rules for external & internal corrosion need strengthening
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to require:
- Expansion of corrosion controls required in Subpart I
- Specific Preventive and Mitigative measures for HCAs to address both
external and internal corrosion
- Similar to measures required for pipe segments operating under the
alternate MAOP rule per 192.619
• BASIS:
- Disbonded coating and corrosion were significant contributing factors in
the Marshall, MI & Sissonville, WV incidents
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13. 8. Add P&M Requirements to Address
Ext. Corrosion and Int. Corrosion in HCAs
• ISSUE - Prescriptive preventive and mitigative measures are needed to assure that
public safety is enhanced in HCAs and affords greater protections for HCAs.
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to require:
- Enhance internal & external corrosion control programs in HCAs to provide
additional protection from corrosion commensurate with Alt MAOP pipelines
- Consider other measures, such as additional right-of-way patrols and
hydrostatic tests in areas where material has quality issues or lost records
- Address seismicity in evaluating P&M measures for outside force damage
• BASIS:
– Disbonded coating and corrosion were significant contributing factors in the
Marshall, MI & Sissonville, WV incidents
– Implement Act § 29 (seismicity)
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14. 9. Management of Change
• ISSUE - Codifying the specific attributes of the Management of Change process
will enhance the visibility and emphasis on these important program elements.
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to:
- Codify the specific attributes of the Management of Change process from
ASME/ANSI B31.8S, Section 11 (already incorporated by reference).
- Require operators to develop and follow a Management of Change process
and address risk as part of the general requirements of Part 192.
• BASIS:
- Address lessons learned from San Bruno and Marshall, MI with respect to
operational and other decision-making that affects risk.
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15. 10. Require Pipeline Inspection
Following Extreme Events
• ISSUE – Current rules do not address extreme events that can damage
pipelines or disrupt pipeline operations
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to:
- Clarify that inspection (visual +ILI or other) of pipeline and right-of-way for
“other factors affecting safety and operation” includes extreme weather
events, man-made, and natural disasters, and similar events
- Specify the timeframe for performing inspections & remedial actions
• BASIS:
- Recent example of extreme event (Yellowstone River scouring caused by
flooding) that resulted in pipeline incident
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16. 11. Include 6-month Grace Period to 7-Year
Reassessment Interval
• ISSUE - Subsection 5(e) of the Pipeline Act of 2011 identifies a technical
correction to Title 49 of the United States Code.
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to:
- Clarify that periodic reassessments must occur, at a minimum of once
every 7 calendar years, but that the Secretary may extend such
deadline for an additional 6 months if the operator submits written
notice to the Secretary with sufficient justification of the need for the
extension.
• BASIS:
- This codifies Act § 5(e) technical correction.
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17. 12. MAOP Exceedance Reporting
• ISSUE - Section 23 of the Act requires PHMSA to promulgate rules for
reporting exceedance of the maximum allowable operating pressure
(MAOP).
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to:
- Require operators to report each exceedance of the MAOP that
exceeds the build-up allowed for operation of pressure-limiting or
control devices.
• BASIS:
- This codifies the specific requirement from Act § 23.
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18. 13. Incorporate Provisions to Address
Seismicity
• ISSUE - Section 29 of the Act states that in identifying and evaluating all
potential threats to each pipeline segment, an operator of a pipeline facility shall
consider the seismicity of the area.
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to:
- Include seismicity in evaluating P&M measures for the threat of outside
force damage.
- Include seismicity of the area in the data gathering and integration of
information about pipeline attributes and other relevant information.
• BASIS:
- This codifies the specific requirement from Act § 29.
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19. 14. Add Requirements for Safety
Features on Launchers and Receivers
• ISSUE - Current regulations for liquid pipelines (Part 195) contain safety
requirements for scraper and sphere facilities. Part 192 does not explicitly address
this area.
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to add a new section to:
- Require launchers & receivers be equipped with a device (safety valve)
capable of safely relieving pressure in the barrel before insertion or removal
of inline inspection tools, scrapers, or spheres.
- Require use of a suitable device to indicate that pressure has been relieved in
the barrel or must provide a means to prevent opening if pressure has not
been relieved.
• BASIS:
- Some incidents have occurred at launchers and receiver stations.
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20. 15. Expand Requirements for Onshore
Gas Gathering Lines
• ISSUE - PHMSA determined additional information about gathering lines is needed to
fulfill its statutory obligations. Also, recent developments in the field of gas exploration and
production, such as shale gas, indicate that the existing framework for regulating gas
gathering lines may no longer be appropriate.
• PHMSA IS PROPOSING to:
- Repeal exemption for all gas gathering line operators to report incidents, safety related
conditions, & annual pipeline data.
- Repeal use of API RP 80 for determining gathering lines and add a new definition for
“production facility or production operation” and a revised definition for “gathering
line”.
- Extend regulatory safety requirements to Type A lines in Class 1 locations (8” or
greater).
• BASIS:
- API RP 80 contains conflicting and ambiguous language.
- Shale gas gathering lines operate at higher pressures and are a greater hazard than
typical legacy gathering lines.
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21. 16. Integrity Verification Process (IVP)
– Statutory Mandates and NTSB Rec.
– Records
– Material Documentation
– MAOP Determination
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22. “Grandfathered” Pipe & Related Issues
• PSA of 2011 - §23(a) 60139(d) mandate “Testing Regulations” -
pressure testing or alternative equivalent means such as ILI program for
all Gas Transmission pipe (Class 3, 4 and all HCAs) not previously tested;
• NTSB P-11-14 “Delete Grandfather Clause” - recommends all
grandfathered pipe be pressured tested, including a “spike” test;
• NTSB P-11-15 “Seam Stability” - recommends pressure test to 1.25 x
MAOP before treating latent manufacturing and construction defects as
“stable.”
• NTSB P-11-17 “Piggable Lines” - Configure all lines to accommodate
smart pigs, with priority given to older lines
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23. Basic Principles of IVP Approach
• IVP is based on 4 principles
1. Apply to high risk locations
– High Consequence Areas (HCAs), Class 3 and
4 Locations and Moderate Consequence Areas
(MCAs)
2. Screen segments for categories of concern (e.g.,
“Grandfathered” segments; bad records)
3. Assure adequate material and documentation
4. Perform assessments to establish MAOP
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24. Principle #1
Apply to High Risk Locations
• High Consequence Areas (HCAs): 19,872
miles
• Class 3 and 4 - Non-HCA: 17,767 miles
• Class 1 and 2; MCA:
– Piggable: 12,824 miles
– Non-piggable: 8,623 miles
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25. Principle #2
Screen for Categories of Concern
• Apply process to pipeline segments with:
– Grandfathered Pipe
• HCA/Class 3 locations/Class 4 locations and Piggable MCA lines
– Lack of Material Documentation and Pressure Test
Records
• HCA/Class 3 and Class 4 Locations
– History of Failures Attributable to M&C Defects
• HCA/Class 3 locations/Class 4 locations and Piggable MCA lines
– PHMSA estimates approximately 8,089 miles of GT pipe
(approximately 3% of total GT mileage) would meet screening
criteria & require IVP assessment to establish MAOP
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26. Principle #3
Know & Document Pipe Material
• If Missing or Inadequate Validated Traceable
Material Documentation, in HCA or Class 3 or 4
Location then Establish Material Properties by an
approved process:
– Cut out and Test Pipe Samples (Code approved process)
– In Situ Non-Destructive Testing (if validated and Code
approved)
– Field verification of code stamp for components such as
valves, flanges, and fabrications
– Other verifications
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27. Principle #4
Methods to Establish MAOP
• Allow Operator to Select Best Option to
Establish MAOP
• Main Options for Establishing MAOP
– Pressure test with Spike Test
– Pressure Reduction
– Engineering Critical Assessment
– Replace
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28. MAOP Determination
• § 192.624 (c) MAOP Determination
– Method 1: Pressure Test
• 1.25 or class location test factor times MAOP
• Spike test segments w/ reportable in-service incident due to
legacy pipe/construction, SSC, SSC, etc.
• Estimate remaining life, segments w/crack defects
– Method 2: Pressure Reduction
• Reduce pressure by MAOP divided by 1.25 or class location
test factor
• Estimate remaining life, segments w/crack defects
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29. MAOP Determination
• § 192.624 (c) MAOP Determination
– Method 3: Engineering Critical Assessment (ECA)
• ECA analysis - MAOP based upon lowest
predicted failure pressure (PFP)
– Segment specific technical and material documentation
issues
– Analyze crack, metal loss, and interacting defects
remaining in the pipe, or could remain in the pipe, to
determine PFP
– MAOP established at the lowest PFP divided by the
greater of 1.25 or the applicable factor listed in
§ 192.619(a)(2)(ii) or § 192.620(a)(2)(ii)
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30. MAOP Determination
• § 192.624 (c) MAOP Determination
– Method 4: Pipe Replacement
– Method 5: Small PIR
– Method 6: Alternative Approach
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31. Compliance Deadlines
• § 192.624 (b) Compliance Deadlines
– Develop plan – 1 year
– 50% mileage by end of Year 8
– 100% mileage by end of Year 15
– Operational or environmental constraints limit
meeting deadlines may petition AA of OPS for 1-year
extension
– Reassessments maximum of 20 Year Interval
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32. Fracture Mechanics Modeling
• § 192.624 (d) Fracture mechanics modeling
for failure stress and cyclic fatigue crack
growth analysis
– Pipe susceptible to cracks or crack-like defects…
– Fatigue analysis techniques
– Analyze microstructure(ductile/brittle or both), location
and type of defect, and operating conditions/pressure
cycling
– 2nd re-evaluation before 50% of the remaining life has
expired, but within 7 years
– Results confirmed by an independent 3rd party expert
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33. Spike Test (192.506)
• Applies to those pipelines that:
– Are required to be assessed, have a hoop stress of 30% SMYS and
have integrity threats that cannot be otherwise addressed by ILI ; or
– Have their MAOP established in accordance with Method 1, Pressure
Test, in 192.624 and the pipeline includes legacy pipe or segments
that has had certain incidents (e.g., crack, manufacturing, or
installation related, see 192.624(c)(1)(ii)).
• Test method
– Spike Test minimum of the lessor of:
• 1.50 times MAOP, or 105% SMYS
– Spike Duration: 30-minutes
– Total Test Duration: 8-hours
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