[Federal Register: February 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 32)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket ID PHMSA-2009-0026]
Pipeline Safety: Workshop on Internal Corrosion in Hazardous
Liquid Pipelines
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Workshop.
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SUMMARY: The Pipeline, Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety
Act of 2006 (PIPES), Public Law 109-468, Section 22, requires PHMSA to
review the internal corrosion control regulations to determine if the
regulations are currently adequate to ensure that the pipeline
facilities subject to the regulations will not present a hazard to
public safety or the environment. As a follow-up to this review and our
report to Congress, PHMSA is sponsoring a Workshop on Internal
Corrosion in Hazardous Liquid Pipelines to allow stakeholders of the
pipeline safety community to learn about and discuss PHMSA regulations,
industry standards and practices, current evaluation practices and
methods to assure pipeline safety.
DATES: The workshop will be held on March 26, 2009. Name badge pick-up
and on-site registration will be available starting at 7:30 a.m. with
the agenda taking place from 8 a.m. until approximately 5 p.m. Refer to
the meeting Web site for updated agenda and times: https://
primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/Mtg57.mtg. Please note that the workshop
will not be webcast. However, presentations will be available on the
meeting Web site within 30 days following the workshop.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the OMNI Hotel at CNN Center,
100 CNN Center, Atlanta, GA 30303. The meeting room will be posted at
the hotel on the day of the workshop.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Johnson at (816) 329-3825, or
by e-mail at joshua.johnson@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Registration: Members of the public may attend this free workshop.
To help assure that adequate space is provided, all attendees are
encouraged to register for the workshop at http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/
meetings/Mtg57.mtg.
Comments: Members of the public may also submit written comments,
either before or after the workshop. Comments should reference Docket
ID PHMSA-09-0026. Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
E-Gov Web Site: http://www.regulations.gov. This site
allows the public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice
issued by any agency. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management System, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140, Washington,
DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: Docket Management System, Room W12-140, on
the ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Instructions: Identify the Docket ID at the beginning of your
comments. If you submit your comments by mail, submit two copies. If
you wish to receive confirmation that PHMSA has received your comments,
include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Internet
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users may submit comments at http://www.regulations.gov. Note: Comments
will be posted without changes or edits to http://www.regulations.gov
including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act
heading in the Regulatory Analyses and Notices section of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for additional information.
Privacy Act Statement: Anyone may search the electronic form of all
comments received for any of our dockets. You may review DOT's complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published April 11, 2000
(65 FR 19477).
Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For
information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meeting, please
contact Joshua Johnson by March 6, 2009.
Issue Description: Pipeline safety regulations at 49 CFR 195.579(a)
require operators to determine if the hazardous liquids they are
transporting could corrode the pipeline and, if so, take adequate steps
to mitigate that corrosion potential. PHMSA emphasizes that, while the
workshop will involve issues related to Part 195, some of the technical
discussions on research and methods are of relevance to natural gas
pipeline operators. For this reason, PHMSA also encourages natural gas
pipeline operators to attend the meeting.
Although the base commodity may not be corrosive, all hazardous
liquids regulated under Part 195 could be corrosive during some phase
of the production and/or manufacturing process when contaminants could
be introduced. Often, the only barrier separating untreated product or
corrosive materials from a pipeline transporting processed/refined
products is the processing plant or refinery. These plants occasionally
undergo upset conditions where all or a portion of the untreated
product may bypass the treatment process and enter the downstream
piping. During those upset conditions, corrosive materials might be
introduced into the pipeline and could create a corrosive condition.
Pipeline operators who previously concluded that an internal
corrosion control program was not needed may need to critically re-
analyze operating conditions and internal corrosion risk factors and
periodically monitor, or otherwise reconfirm, that the pipeline is free
of corrosive materials. Operators should perform a periodic system
analysis and document the results, confirming that they properly
analyzed the pipeline for possible internal corrosion precursors. In
addition, operators should also conduct periodic monitoring for changes
that might increase this risk and identify possible sites of selective
internal corrosion risks.
The workshop is intended to allow representatives of the pipeline
industry, regulatory agencies, the public, and other stakeholders to
discuss the implications of these results and the potential need for
further research and/or regulatory changes.
Preliminary Workshop Agenda
The workshop will include:
(1) Overview of current PHMSA regulations and data on internal
corrosion.
(2) Overview of industry internal corrosion control documents.
(3) Review of current industry practices for evaluating,
monitoring, and management of internal corrosion.
Refer to the meeting Web site for a more detailed agenda: http://
primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/Mtg57.mtg
PHMSA publishes requirements for the mitigation of internal
corrosion at 49 CFR Part 195 for hazardous liquids pipelines. PHMSA and
other presenters plan to discuss the process of analyzing a pipeline
system to determine whether internal corrosion is a threat and how to
manage the threat if it exists. PHMSA will consider the discussion at
the workshop and comments submitted to the docket in determining
whether changes to regulatory requirements are needed and what those
changes should be.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2009.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. E9-3487 Filed 2-18-09; 8:45 am]
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