NPRM Summary On August 24, 2023, PHMSA issued their notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for Safety of Gas Distribution Pipelines and Other Safety Initiatives, which published to the Federal Register today. This rulemaking comes out of the Protecting our...
How is your organization doing with tackling Part 1 of the Gas Transmission Rule: MAOP Reconfirmation, Expansion of Assessment Requirements, and Other Related Amendments, a.k.a the “Mega Rule” issued October 1, 2019 by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) published a new draft flowline rulemaking to meet House Bill (HB) 181 requirements. This rulemaking expands on the recent flowline rule which went into effect May 1, 2018. Key requirements of this draft...
The Federal Register will be publishing three new Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) rules on October 1, 2019. These rules include the much-anticipated natural gas maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) verification; traceable,...
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) is drafting regulatory updates to the pipeline safety rule (Chapter 8) to address natural gas and hazardous liquid gathering lines currently exempt from regulation. The draft language proposes to add the following requirements to...
