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Permitting Issues versus Integrity Management

机译:许可问题与完整性管理

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The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) administers the pipeline safety regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations, specifically 49 CFR Part 192 for the natural gas industry and Part 195 for the petroleum industry. In response to the severity of leaks and collateral damages incurred on an aging infrastructure in recent years, the U.S. Department of Justice and OPS have enacted stricter regulatory enforcement and new integrity management programs for each industry. Industry response and compliance definition have been diverse: Part 195 defines a high-consequence area (HCA) to include commercially navigable waterways, high population areas, other populated areas and unusually environmentally sensitive areas; this places most of the northeastern United States in the HCA classification for petroleum pipelines. The natural gas industry, as regulated by Part 192, defines an HCA based on the area classification and the potential-impact radius of a worst-case incident. These differences have resulted in two distinct approaches to obtaining and maintaining compliance. In addition, total repair costs and permitting requirements vary widely across the United States, and the time necessary to acquire permits in the Northeast can easily exceed the 60-day or 180-day time limits under Part 195, with some agencies having no emergency permit process. To offset these critical issues, the integrity management program should incorporate the permitting lead times into the repair plans, and repair site access plans for equipment and materials should allow for requirements imposed by the permitting agencies as a condition of issuing the permit. This paper identifies environmental permitting requirements relative to pipeline facilities and describes key steps that can be taken to avoid compliance conflicts among regulatory agencies. Also, environmental permitting issues and requirements to minimize the impacts on pipeline repair plans that cause compliance conflicts with the pipeline safety regulations are discussed.
机译:美国运输部管道安全办公室(OPS)管理《联邦法规》中的管道安全法规,特别是49 CFR Part 192(天然气行业)和195 Part(石油行业)。为了应对近年来老化的基础设施造成的泄漏和附带损害的严重性,美国司法部和OPS为每个行业制定了更严格的法规执行和新的完整性管理计划。行业响应和合规性定义是多种多样的:第195部分定义了一个高影响区(HCA),以包括商业可通航水道,高人口区,其他人口稠密区和对环境特别敏感的区;这将美国东北部的大多数地区置于石油管道的HCA分类中。根据第192部分的规定,天然气行业根据区域分类和最坏事件的潜在影响半径来定义HCA。这些差异导致获得和保持合规性的两种不同方法。此外,整个美国的总维修成本和许可要求差异很大,在东北部获得许可所需的时间很容易超过195部分规定的60天或180天的时间限制,有些机构没有紧急许可。处理。为了弥补这些关键问题,完整性管理计划应将许可提前期纳入维修计划,设备和材料的维修现场访问计划应考虑到许可证颁发机构提出的要求。本文确定了与管道设施有关的环境许可要求,并描述了可采取的关键步骤,以避免监管机构之间的合规冲突。此外,还讨论了环境许可问题和要求,以最大程度地减少对管道维修计划的影响,以免与管道安全法规发生合规冲突。

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