PHMSA IA FED.2021 Mid-Year
PHMSA IA FED.2021 Mid-Year
Release note 1IA Content FED.2021 Mid-Year Updated DA, GD, GT, HL, and LNG content for mid-year 2021 (numerous changes, see summary document ) GT: Added questions and directive for “2019 Gas Rule”#
Summary attachment 1, passage 12021.02 Federal PRS Changes Summary – FINAL 21.06.18 (tf) Drug & Alcohol (DA.2021.01) 1. DA.ALCOHOL.PREMPLOY.P - Added considerations #4 and #5, in response to IA feedback request. Gas Distribution (GD.2021.02) 1. PHMSA GD Team requested: GD.AR.RCOM.REPAIR.P - Re-presented to the TD.ICP subgroup. Removed the 192.485(a)/(b) code references and considerations which do not apply to Distribution. Kept the 192.487 and 192.489 references, which do apply to distribution. GD.TD.ICP.REPAIR.R - Moved question to GD.AR.RCOM so that it resides with the corresponding REPAIR.P question above. Re-presented the question back to the TD.ICP subgroup, so that it appears in both locations with the .P but needs answered only once. Remove the 192.485(a)/(b) code references which do not apply to Distribution and replaced with 192.487 and 192.489, which do apply to distribution. GD.AR.RCOM.REMEDIATIONOM.O - Re-presented to the TD.ICP subgroup, so that it appears in both locations, but needs answered only once. Removed the 192.485(a)/(b) code references which do not apply to distribution. Kept the 192.487 and 192.489 references, which do apply to distribution. GD.TD.ICP.EVALUATE.P - Created a new “P” question (copied from GT). Also added to INTRASTATE presentation in subgroup PRO.SUBICORROSION. Cited 192.605(b)(2) and 192.487 as the code references. GD.TD.ICP.EVALUATE.R - Removed existing 192.485, which does not apply to Distribution. Cited 192.491(c) and 192.487 which do apply to distribution. 2. State Programs requested - For the GD questions below, edited/added considerations. Maintained questions in their existing “GDIM (Form 22)” and “MMsLPGIM (Form 23)” directives, respectively: GDIM.RA.INFORMATION.P - Added consideration #3(c) and updated #4. GDIM.RA.THREATCATEGORIES.P – Updated consideration #1. GDIM.RA.INFOCONSIDERED.R – Updated consideration #1. MMLPGIM.RA.INFORMATION.P - Added Consideration #3(c) and updated #4. MMLPGIM.RA.THREATCATEGORIES.P – Updated consideration #1. 3. CRM Team requested: CR.CRMGEN.CRMCRITERIA.P - Edited question text, per the CRM Team, responding to IA feedback request. Question edits also applied in GT and HL. Gas Transmission (GT.2021.02) 1. IAT requested – Updated/revised SRN.GENERAL questions in both GT and HL: SRN.GENERAL.RECORDLOCATE.S – Revised question text and considerations. SRN.GENERAL.FACILITIES.S – New question added for consistency with HL. SRN.GENERAL.NEWFACILITIES.S – Question deleted. Content was merged into SRN.DC- CO.CONSTRUCTION.S. SRN.DC-CO.CONSTRUCTION.S – Content revised to include SRN.GENERAL.NEWFACILITIES.S, as approved by Construction Inspection Committee (CIC). SRN.GENERAL.SYSTEMCHGS.S – Revised question text and considerations. SRN.GENERAL.ENFORCEMENT.S – Revised considerations. Page 1 of 4#
Summary attachment 1, passage 22021.02 Federal PRS Changes Summary – FINAL 21.06.18 (tf) 2. SRN.GENERAL.INCIDENTREPORT.S – Revised considerations. SRN.GENERAL.SRCR.S – Revised considerations. SRN.GENERAL.EXCLUSIONS.S – Revised question text and considerations. Gas Rule Implementation Team (GRIT) requested: Created and implemented a new Gas Rule IA Question Set, which was developed by creating a new “2019 Gas Rule” Directive and applying the identified 69 questions to the new directive (see list below). Includes 54 new IA questions and use of 15 existing IA questions, for a total of 69 questions. Represented MO.GO.SRC.P to RPT.RR.SRC.P so that it will be included in the reporting questions. The 15 existing IA questions were revised to include the Gas Rule, mostly by adding considerations. Edited existing questions and added new questions to AR.PTI, AR.RCOM, MO.GO, MO.GOCLASS, MO.GOMAOP, and RPT.RR (see lists below). Created new IM.MC (Moderate Consequence Areas) subgroup and IM.RECONFIRM (MAOP Reconfirmation) subgroup for the new questions. New IA questions for GRIT (Applied to the “2019 Gas Rule” Directive) RPT.RR.19218NOTIF.P IM.MC.MCAPIDENTIFROADS.R AR.PTI.SPIKEHYDRO.R RPT.RR.19218NOTIF.R IM.MC.MCAPIR.P IM.RECONF.MATVERPROG.P RPT.RR.NOTIFICTRAINING.P IM.MC.MCAPIR.R IM.RECONF.MATVERPROG.R RPT.RR.NOTIFICTRAINING.R IM.MC.MCAINTEGRATE.R IM.RECONF.MATVERCOMPONENTS.P MO.GOMAOP.MAOPMETHOD.R IM.MC.MCANEW.P IM.RECONF.MATVERCOMPONENTS.R MO.GOMAOP.MAOPRECONFIRMAPP.P IM.MC.MCANEW.R IM.RECONF.MATVEROPPORTUN.P MO.GOMAOP.MAOPRECONFIRMTIME.P IM.MC.MAOPRECONFIRM.P IM.RECONF.MATVEROPPORTUN.O MO.GOMAOP.MAOPRECONFIRMTIME.R IM.MC.MAOPRECONFIRM.R IM.RECONF.MATVERMETHODS.P MO.GOMAOP.MAOPRECONFIRMMETH.P IM.MC.ASSESSSCHED.P IM.RECONF.MATVERMETHODS.R MO.GOMAOP.MAOPRECONFIRMREC.P IM.MC.ASSESSSCHED.R IM.RECONF.MATVERPOPGROUPS.P MO.GOMAOP.MAOPRECONFIRMREC.R IM.MC.REASSESSMENTS.P IM.RECONF.MATVERPOPGROUPS.R MO.GOMAOP.MAOPRECOMPONENTS.P IM.MC.REASSESSMENTS.R AR.RCOM.PREDFAILANOMALY.P MO.GOMAOP.MAOPRECOMPONENTS.R IM.MC.ASSESSMETHODS.P AR.RCOM.PREDFAILANOMALY.R MO.GOMAOP.MAOPRECONIFRMATION.O IM.MC.OTHERTECH.P AR.RCOM.PREDFAILUREECA.P IM.MC.MCADEF.P IM.MC.OTHERTECH.R AR.RCOM.PREDFAILUREECA.R IM.MC.MCAIDENTIF.P IM.MC.MCAREMEDIATIONCRITERIA.P MO.GO.TRAPSAFETY.P IM.MC.MCAIDENTIF.R IM.MC.MCAREMEDIATIONCRITERIA.R MO.GO.TRAPSAFETY.R IM.MC.MCAIDENTIF.O AR.PTI.SPIKEHYDRO.P MO.GO.TRAPSAFETY.O Edited existing IA questions for GRIT (Applied to the “2019 Gas Rule” Directive) RPT.RR.ANNUALREPORT.R MO.GO.SRC.P MO.GOCLASS.CLASSLOCATESTUDY.P RPT.RR.INCIDENTREPORT.P RPT.RR.SRCR.P MO.GOCLASS.CLASSLOCATESTUDY.R RPT.RR.INCIDENTREPORT.R RPT.RR.SRCR.R MO.GOCLASS.CLASSLOCATEREV.P RPT.RR.INCIDENTREPORTSUPP.P MO.GOMAOP.MAOPDETERMINE.P MO.GOCLASS.CLASSLOCATEREV.R RPT.RR.INCIDENTREPORTSUPP.R MO.GOMAOP.MAOPDETERMINE.R MO.GOCLASS.CLASSLOCATEREV.O 3. Construction Inspection Team (CIT) requested: SRN.GENERAL.NEWFACILITIES.S – Merged content into SRN.DC-CO.CONSTRUCTION.S question, then deleted NEWFACILITIES.S, in response to IA feedback request. MO.GC.CONVERSION.P – Added consideration #7 to include 192.14(c) in response to IA feedback request. Page 2 of 4#
Summary attachment 1, passage 32021.02 Federal PRS Changes Summary – FINAL 21.06.18 (tf) MO.GC.CONVERSION.R – Added consideration #5 to include 192.14(c) in response to IA feedback request. DC.DPC.TAP.P/.R/.O – Edited considerations. DC.DPC.WELDFABRICATE.P/.R/.O – Edited question text and considerations. DC.DPC.WELDEDBRANCH.R/.O – New questions for 192.155. DC.DPC.EXTRUDEOUTLET.P – New question for 192.157. DC.DPC.FLEXIBLE.P/.R – Edited question text and considerations. DC.DPC.FLEXIBLE.O – New question for 192.159. DC.DPC.SUPPORT.P – New question for 192.161. DC.DPC.SUPPORT.R/.O – Edited question text and considerations. DC.DPC.INSTRUMENTPIPE.P/.O – Edited question text DC.DPC.INSTRUMENTPIPE.R – Deleted question. DC.CO.REPAIR.P/.R/.O – Edited considerations. 4. Underground Natural Gas Storage (UNGS) Team requested: UNGS.RULE.BASELINEASSESSMENT.P – Deleted question. 5. CRM Team requested: CR.CRMGEN.CRMCRITERIA.P - Edited question text, per the CRM Team in response to IA feedback request. Question edits also applied in GD and HL. 6. Miscellaneous IA feedback requests (i.e., typos and minor edits) resolution. Hazardous Liquid (HL.2021.02) 1. 2. IAT requested – Updated/Revised SRN.GENERAL questions in both GT and HL: SRN.GENERAL.RECORDLOCATE.S – Revised question text and considerations. SRN.GENERAL.FACILITIES.S – Revised question for consistency with GT. SRN.GENERAL.NEWFACILITIES.S – Question deleted. Content was merged into SRN.DC- CO.CONSTRUCTION.S. SRN.DC-CO.CONSTRUCTION.S – Content revised to include SRN.GENERAL.NEWFACILITIES.S, as approved by Construction Inspection Committee (CIC). SRN.GENERAL.SYSTEMCHGS.S – Revised question text and considerations. SRN.GENERAL.ENFORCEMENT.S – Revised considerations. SRN.GENERAL.ACCIDENTREPORT.S – Revised considerations. SRN.GENERAL.SRCR.S – Revised considerations. SRN.GENERAL.EXCLUSIONS.S – Revised question text and considerations. Construction Inspection Team (CIT) requested: SRN.GENERAL.NEWFACILITIES.S – Merged content into SRN.DC-CO.CONSTRUCTION.S question, then deleted NEWFACILITIES.S in response to IA feedback request. MO.LC.CONVERSION.P – Added new consideration #7 and 195.5(d), in response to IA feedback request. MO.LC.CONVERSION.R – Added new consideration #9 and 195.5(d), in response to IA feedback request. Page 3 of 4#
Summary attachment 1, passage 42021.02 Federal PRS Changes Summary – FINAL 21.06.18 (tf) 3. CRM Team requested: CR.CRMGEN.CRMCRITERIA.P - Edited question text, per the CRM Team in response to IA feedback request. Question edits also applied in GD and GT. 4. Miscellaneous IA feedback requests (i.e., corrected minor typos) resolution. LNG (LNG.2021.02) 1. Miscellaneous IA feedback requests (i.e., corrected minor typos) resolution. Page 4 of 4#
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