{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Guidance, National Pipeline Mapping System FAQs","title":"National Pipeline Mapping System FAQs","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2013-01-01","effective_on":"2013-01-01","summary":"National Pipeline Mapping System FAQs Document National Pipeline Mapping System FAQs.pdf (440.4 KB) This FAQ page is continuously updated. Please start here for answers to any questions you have about the NPMS. If you are unable to find what you're looking for here, contact the NPMS National Repository at npms@dot.gov. Issued Date: Tuesday, January 1, 2013","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-guidance-national-pipeline-mapping-system-faqs-bd09d5df.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-guidance-national-pipeline-mapping-system-faqs-bd09d5df.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-guidance-national-pipeline-mapping-system-faqs-bd09d5df","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/regulatory-compliance/phmsa-guidance/national-pipeline-mapping-system-faqs","body":"National Pipeline Mapping System FAQs\n\nDocument\n\n National Pipeline Mapping System FAQs.pdf (440.4 KB)\n\n        This FAQ page is continuously updated. Please start here for answers to any questions you have about the NPMS. If you are unable to find what you're looking for here, contact the NPMS National Repository at npms@dot.gov.\n\n          Issued Date: Tuesday, January 1, 2013\n\n<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nNational Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) FAQs\n1. How do I get access to NPMS data if I am not a government official or pipeline operator?\nThe Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration can only release NPMS data to government\nofficials and pipeline operators. There are several private vendors who can provide you pipeline GIS data\nat a cost. The NPMS Public Map Viewer is open to all users and displays NPMS data for a single county at\na time. Additionally, the Find Who’s Operating in Your Area tool provides the general public with\npipeline operator contact information within a specific state, county, or ZIP code.\n2. Where do I start if I've never made an NPMS submission before?\nA complete submission to the NPMS consists of five components.Your first step should be to consult the\nSummary of Required Components page.Next, download the latest version of the NPMS Operator\nStandardsand the Operator Submissions Guide.Everything you need to know about making a submission\nis contained in these documents.The five components that are required are as follows:\n• Public Contact Information\n• Geospatial Pipeline Data\n• Attribute Data\n• Metadata\n• Transmittal Letter\n3. Where can I find the status of my submission?\nContact NPMS staff at npms@dot.gov for an update on your submission status.\n4. How often should I update my submission?\nOperators are required to submit their data to the NPMS every 12 months, or to notify the NPMS\nNational Repository if there have been no changes from the previous submission. In order to align NPMS\nsubmissions with Annual Reports, operators are required to use the same OPID to report assets to the\nNPMS as they use in their Annual Report. Operators are also requested to submit their gas pipelines to\nthe NPMS between 1/1 and 3/15 of each year reflecting assets as of 12/31 the previous year and to\nsubmit liquid pipelines between 1/1 and 6/15 of each year, reflecting assets as of 12/31 the previous\nyear.\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n5. What do I do if the FTP tool is not working?\nIf you find that the FTP tool is not working, please alert NPMS staff by emailing npms@dot.gov or calling\n703-317-6294.\n6. Is the NPMS collecting gathering and distribution line data?\nSection 2 of the NPMS Operator Standards defines the pipeline data that is collected for the NPMS.\n7. Operators were required to provide NPMS information on the confidence/accuracy of their\npipeline location information. Is accuracy available for the other data layers?\nYes. Metadata is associated with the Commercially Navigable Waterways, High Population Areas and\nOther Populated Areas data layers in NPMS.The metadata describes the sources and accuracies of the\ndata layers.\n8. Should operators inform PHMSA Pipeline Safety of changes they determine are needed to HCAs\nas defined in the NPMS?\nOperators should evaluate the information they obtain from the NPMS to determine if it is accurate.If\noperators conclude that changes to HCA boundaries are needed (e.g., populated areas have\nexpanded),then operators should make those changes to the HCAs as they are used in the operators'\nintegrity management programs.Operators should document the reasons for such changes and be\nprepared to discuss them during PHMSA Pipeline Safety inspections.Operators should not generally\ninform PHMSA Pipeline Safety of such changes. PHMSA Pipeline Safety relies upon other agencies(e.g.,\nCensus Bureau, Corps of Engineers) for the data used in the NPMS and does not have the resources to\nengage those agenciesto make minor changes. An exception in which operators should notify PHMSA\nPipeline Safety would be if significant positional orlabeling errors are found. As an example, rivers in\nAlaska were found to be mis-located in early versions of the NPMS due todigitizing errors in the original\nCommercially Navigable Waterways data set. PHMSA Pipeline Safety will work with other agenciesas\nappropriate to try to correct any major deficiencies in the NPMS. Operators should contact their PHMSA\nPipeline SafetyRegion representatives if they identify errors of this nature.","truncated":false,"body_characters":4460}