What Knowledge and Training Must Personnel Have to Carry Out an Integrity Management Program? [49 CFR 192.915]

(A)A. Supervisory Personnel. The integrity management program must provide that each supervisor whose responsibilities relate to the integrity management program possesses and maintains a thorough knowledge of the integrity management program and of the elements for which the supervisor is responsible. The program must provide that any person who qualifies as a supervisor for the integrity management program has appropriate training or experience in the area for which the person is responsible. [49 CFR 192.915(a)]#

(B)B. Persons Who Carry Out Assessments and Evaluate Assessment Results. The integrity management program must provide criteria for the qualification of any person: [49 CFR 192.915(b)]#

(1)1. who conducts an integrity assessment allowed under this Chapter; or [49 CFR 192.915(b)(1)]#

(2)2. who reviews and analyzes the results from an integrity assessment and evaluation; or [49 CFR 192.915(b)(2)]#

(3)3. who makes decisions on actions to be taken based on these assessments. [49 CFR 192.915(b)(3)]#

(C)C. Persons Responsible for Preventive and Mitigative Measures. The integrity management program must provide criteria for the qualification of any person: [49 CFR 192.915(c)]#

(1)1. who implements preventive and mitigative measures to carry out this Chapter, including the marking and locating of buried structures; or [49 CFR 192.915(c)(1)]#

(2)2. who directly supervises excavation work carried out in conjunction with an integrity assessment. [49 CFR 192.915(c)(2)]#

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:501 et seq.#

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, Pipeline Division, LR 30:1276 (June 2004).#