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  1. PHMSA Stay of Enforcement for API Specification 5L
  2. DOT Final Rule on Implementing Drug Testing Program
  3. PHMSA Revision Request for National Pipeline Mapping System Program
  4. PHMSA ADB-2019-01 Advisory Bulletin Pipeline Damage from River Flooding
  5. PHMSA ADB-2019-02 on Potential for Damage to Pipeline Facilities Caused by Earth Movement and Other Geological Hazards
  6. Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee Meeting Notice
  7. PHMSA Debrief on CAAP Project for Material Strength
  8. AGA White Paper for Natural Gas Systems
  9. One Call Concepts Withdraws from the State of Texas (Lone Star 811)
  10. ASME Pipeline Geo-Environmental Design and Geohazard Management
  11. Fundamentals of Pipeline Operations Workshop
  12. 2019 Summer Industry Conference Schedule
  13. Job Opening – Executive Director of the Pipeline Safety Trust

PHMSA ADB-2019-01 Advisory Bulletin Pipeline Damage from River Flooding

[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0047]

PHMSA issued an advisory bulletin to remind all owners and operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines of the potential for damage to pipeline facilities caused by severe flooding and actions that operators should consider taking to ensure the integrity of pipelines in the event of flooding, river scour, and river channel migration. Section 192.613(a) of the pipeline safety regulations (49 CFR parts 190– 199) states that ‘‘each operator shall have a procedure for continuing surveillance of its facilities to determine and take appropriate action concerning changes in class location, failures, leakage history, corrosion, substantial changes in cathodic protection requirements, and other unusual operating and maintenance conditions.” For a copy of the PHMSA’s Advisory Bulletin (ADB-2019-01), contact Jessica Foley.