Pipeline Safety Authorization: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, April 30, 1987, Volume 4 |
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... PIPELINE SAFETY AUTHORIZATION THURSDAY , APRIL 30 , 1987 HOUSE OF ... Pipeline Safety Reauthorization for fiscal year 1988 and fiscal year 1989 . This is a ... standards for State pipeline inspectors , but I'm curious why pipeline ...
... PIPELINE SAFETY AUTHORIZATION THURSDAY , APRIL 30 , 1987 HOUSE OF ... Pipeline Safety Reauthorization for fiscal year 1988 and fiscal year 1989 . This is a ... standards for State pipeline inspectors , but I'm curious why pipeline ...
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... pipeline industry to adhere to the highest feasible safety standards . " Those are the words used by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in its report on the Pipeline Safety Act reauthorization just days before the Mounds View ...
... pipeline industry to adhere to the highest feasible safety standards . " Those are the words used by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in its report on the Pipeline Safety Act reauthorization just days before the Mounds View ...
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... pipeline safety laws . Second , we're trying to toughen up federal pipeline safety standards . Just before the Mounds View accident , the Energy and Commerce Committee approved a new pipeline safety law . While this bill was not enacted ...
... pipeline safety laws . Second , we're trying to toughen up federal pipeline safety standards . Just before the Mounds View accident , the Energy and Commerce Committee approved a new pipeline safety law . While this bill was not enacted ...
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... pipeline safety laws . Third , I proposed an amendment to the Public Works Committee's pipeline safety bill which would require siting standards for hazardous liquid pipelines such as those already in effect for natural gas ...
... pipeline safety laws . Third , I proposed an amendment to the Public Works Committee's pipeline safety bill which would require siting standards for hazardous liquid pipelines such as those already in effect for natural gas ...
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... pipeline . The Office of Pipeline Safety should " lead , challenge , criticize , innovate , and generally force the pipeline Industry to the highest feasible safety standards , " as noted In the Committee's report on H.R. 4426. Failure ...
... pipeline . The Office of Pipeline Safety should " lead , challenge , criticize , innovate , and generally force the pipeline Industry to the highest feasible safety standards , " as noted In the Committee's report on H.R. 4426. Failure ...
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Page 185 - ... at intervals not exceeding 3 months. § 192.723 Distribution systems: Leakage surveys and procedures. (a) Each operator of a distribution system shall provide for periodic leakage surveys in its operating and maintenance plan. (b) The type and scope of the leakage control program must be determined by the nature of the operations and the local conditions, but it must meet the following minimum requirements: (1) A gas detector survey must be conducted in business districts, including tests of...
Page 167 - INGAA is a non-profit national trade association representing virtually all of the major interstate natural gas transmission companies operating in the United States.
Page 188 - The Honorable Philip R. Sharp Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce US House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: Thank you for the opportunity to discuss land withdrawal legislation for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) at the November 7, 1991, hearing before your Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Page 46 - Deepwater Port Act of 1974, relating to the establishment, enforcement, and review of regulations concerning the safe construction, operation, and maintenance of pipelines on federal lands and the Outer Continental Shelf. OPERATIONS OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY o Section 5 of the International Bridge Act of 1972, as it relates to pipelines not over navigable waterways.
Page 121 - Gas and hazardous liquids pipelines in the United States total approximately one and three-quarter million miles and transport more than half of the nation's energy supply. These pipelines carry large quantities of extremely volatile substances, often under high pressure, and expose large segments of the population to risks of potentially catastrophic proportions. "In 1983, despite Federal-State inspection efforts, there were 1,580 gas pipeline failures, resulting in 12 fatalities and 245 injuries.
Page 185 - Each operator shall establish starting, operating, and shutdown procedures for gas compressor units. { 192.731 Compressor stations: Inspection and testing of relief devices. (a) Except for rupture discs, each pressure relieving device in a compressor station must be inspected and tested in accordance with §§192.739 and 192.743, and must be operated periodically to determine that it opens at the correct set pressure. (b) Any defective or inadequate equipment found must be promptly repaired or replaced....
Page 51 - Committees established by the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979.
Page 186 - Each transmission line valve that might be required during any emergency must be inspected and partially operated at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year. [Amdt. 192-43. 47 FR 46851, Oct. 21. 1982] § 192.747 Valve maintenance: Distribution systems. Each valve, the use of which may be necessary for the safe operation of a distribution system, must be checked and serviced at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year.
Page 174 - Adequate testing and inspection requirements, we believe, are already in place. There are twelve different sections of 49 CFR Part 192 which, including subsection requirements, total nineteen specific regulations requiring testing and inspection of pipelines and pipeline facilities at varying, though limited, time intervals. The...
Page 190 - The damage prevention program required by paragraph (a) of this section must, at a minimum: (1) Include the identity, on a current basis, of persons who normally engage in excavation activities in the area in which the pipeline is located. (2...