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proud to have worked for several years
with a broad array of stakeholders . . . to
build consensus on this important rule."
Santa notes that earlier this year,
INGAA partnered with the American
Gas Association, American Petroleum
Institute, American Public Gas
Association, Pipeline Safety Coalition
and the Pipeline Safety Trust in
outlining support for the rule changes.
PHMSA says the rules expand riskbased integrity management
requirements, enhance procedures to
protect infrastructure from extreme
weather events and require greater
oversight of pipelines. The final rules
address congressional mandates from
the Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 and
recommendations from the National
Transportation Safety Board, the
agency adds.
According to PHMSA, the gas
transmission rule requires operators of
transmission pipelines constructed
before 1970 to reconfirm their lines'
maximum allowable operating
pressures, and updates reporting and

records retention standards.
The hazardous liquid rule
encourages operators to make better use
of all available data to understand safety
threats and extends leak detection
requirements to all nongathering
hazardous liquid pipelines, the agency
continues. In addition, the rule requires
operators to inspect affected pipelines
following an extreme weather event or
natural disaster to address any resulting
damage.
Finally, PHMSA says, the "Enhanced
Emergency Order Procedures" final rule
adopts the provisions of a 2016 interim
final rule that established temporary
emergency order procedures in
accordance with a provision of the
Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines
and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of
2016. An emergency order may impose
emergency restrictions, prohibitions, or
other safety measures on owners and
operators of gas or hazardous liquid
pipeline facilities, PHMSA explains.
All three final rules were published
in the Oct. 1 Federal Register. ❒

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