{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-89-006","title":"Memo: Internal — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1989-05-19","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-89-006 response to Memo: Internal concerning 192.463.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-89-006.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-89-006.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-89-006","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1989/PI89006.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nInspection Guidelines for Section 192.465(d):\n(d) Each operator shall take prompt remedial action to correct any deficiencies indicated\nby the monitoring.\nA violation of Section 192.462(d) exists if:\nPrompt remedial action is not taken to correct a deficiency indicated by monitoring.\nInspection guidelines for Section 192.465(d)\nThe definition of \"prompt\" will vary with the circumstances. Enforcement should be sought only\nwhen the investigator is convinced that corrective action was unreasonably delayed. Investigator\nmust state why he determined the delay to be unreasonable.\nThe operator should be required to have procedures (per 192.453) for responding to deficiencies\nfound by the required monitoring. Those procedures should include as a minimum:\n1. A time frame for evaluating data and determining a course of action.\n2. A time frame for any new installation to be operational and Cathodic Protection to\nbe in the adequate range.\nThese time frames should give consideration to the population density and environmental\nconcerns of the area that could potentially be affected by released product. They may also\nconsider climatic conditions, availability of material, work loads, and an estimate of a relative rate\nof detrimental corrosion. As a rule of thumb, the OPS would expect that, under normal\nconditions, the operator should have the evaluations and decisions made and action started within\na few months, (proportionally less where required monitoring is less than a year or where\ndeficiencies could result in an immediate hazard to the public), and correction completed by the\ntime of the next scheduled monitoring. If the operator has no procedure for promptly responding\nand deficiencies exist, it is a violation of 192.465(d). If you can demonstrate that the operator's\nestablished time frame for action is inadequate, you may cite him for a violation or proceed with a\nnotice of amendment or both.\nNOTE: This will be in the Office of Pipeline Safety's Operation and Enforcement Manual.\nDB\nC:\\WP51\\INTERPRT\\192\\465\\89-05-19\n1","truncated":false,"body_characters":2059}