{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA 25-359550","title":"BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY — Integrity Assurance Notification","source_type":"inspection","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2025-12-05","effective_on":"2025-12-05","summary":"GAS TRANSMISSION in MD; MAOP RECONFIRMATION METHOD 2 FACTOR/PERIOD; PHMSA status: RESOLVED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-leading-ian-25-359550-operator-1088.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-leading-ian-25-359550-operator-1088.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-leading-ian-25-359550-operator-1088","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/data_statistics/pipeline/SRCR_and_Integrity_Assurance_Notifications.zip","body":"This notification is to inform PHMSA, in accordance with 49 CFR 192.624 (c)(2)(iii) and 192.18, of Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) Company’s compliance with MAOP Reconfirmation by Method 2 utilizing a less conservative pressure reduction factor. On December 1st 2025, BGE performed MAOP pressure reduction on the Company’s Greenspring transmission pipeline. This is a span of transmission pipeline approximately 5 miles in length located in Baltimore County, MD. The northernmost point is located at the intersection of Ridge Rd & Greenspring Ave, the southernmost point ending at the intersection of near I-695 & Greenspring Ave. BGE has thoroughly analyzed records of its Greenspring transmission pipeline, assessed all available methods within 192.624 and determined Method 2 Pressure Reduction utilizing a less conservative pressure reduction factor as the best option from a safety, reliability, and customer affordability perspective. As a result, BGE has reconfirmed the MAOP of the Greenspring transmission pipeline by reducing MAOP from 300 psi to 250 psi.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1064}