PHMSA 24-304396
PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO — Integrity Assurance Notification
MAOP RECONFIRMATION METHOD 6Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has performed a comprehensive evaluation of all station features at its Rio Bravo Fresno Meter & Regulator Station io Brav Fresno Station) to reconfirm Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP). This station is in Fresno, California and provides regulated gas to Rio Bravo Inc. PG&E's initial phase of this project identified all traceable, verifiable, and complete (TVC) records to reconfirm MAOP based on design and pressure test records. Ten (10) joints, comprising of pipe and fittings, at the Rio Bravo Fresno Station were identified as having non-TVC records of a pressure test. The joints considered in this evaluation are located in a High Consequence Area (HCA) and are located in a Class 3 location. PG&E proposes to establish TVC MAOP records via 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §192.624(c)(3), Method 3: Engineering Critical Analysis (ECA).#