{"operation":"document","citation":"0900006480e8d414","title":"U.S. DOT/PHMSA - Report: December 2005 Meeting Presentation: OQ Report to Congress Update","source_type":"rulemaking","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"Update on the OQ Report to Congress and Next Steps TPSSC & THLPSSC Meeting December 13, 2005 Barbara Betsock PHMSA 2002 Congressional Direction • Specific criteria including “training as appropriate” • Standards to evaluate adequacy (protocols) • PHMSA/State audits (by December 2005) • Report on status and results (due December 2006)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/regulations-gov-attachment-0900006480e8d414.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/regulations-gov-attachment-0900006480e8d414.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/regulations-gov-attachment-0900006480e8d414","source_url":"https://downloads.regulations.gov/PHMSA-RSPA-1998-4470-0187/attachment_1.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nUpdate on the\nOQ Report to Congress\nand\nNext Steps\nTPSSC & THLPSSC Meeting\nDecember 13, 2005\nBarbara Betsock\nPHMSA\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n2002 Congressional Direction\n• Specific criteria including “training as\nappropriate”\n• Standards to evaluate adequacy\n(protocols)\n• PHMSA/State audits (by December 2005)\n• Report on status and results (due\nDecember 2006)\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nReport Content - Draft\n• Evolution of OQ Requirements\n• Inspection Objectives and Approach\n• Status & Results\n• Impact on Operations\n• Future Effort\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\nReport Schedule - Draft\n• Begin analysis of inspection results –\n11/15/05\n• Advisory Committee & Public Meetings –\n12/13-15/05\n• Close docket on data – 1/14/05\n• Complete draft report – 03/01/06\n• Final approved report to Congress -\n12/17/06\n\n<<<PAGE 5>>>\n\nWhere do we stand in our inspections?\nPHMSA and State pipeline offices\nhave recorded initial inspections for\n– 127 hazardous liquid operators\n– 116 interstate gas transmission\noperators\n– 1628 intrastate gas transmission and\ndistribution operators\n\n<<<PAGE 6>>>\n\nWhat have we learned from initial\ninspections?\n• ~ 15% had no OQ program\n• Several operators did not address\nabnormal operating conditions\n• Some non-qualified individuals performed\ncovered tasks\n• Some operators failed to verify the\nqualifications of contractors\n\n<<<PAGE 7>>>\n\nWhat have we learned from\ninspections? (2)\n• Some tasks were not on covered task lists\n• Many evaluations did not address skills\n• Sometimes intervals for reevaluation were\nmissing or not supported\n• Recordkeeping was often poor\n\n<<<PAGE 8>>>\n\nInspection Results in Perspective\n• Inspections clarified requirements and\nexpectations; led to correction of\ndeficiencies\n• Significant effort has gone into\nhelping the smallest operators\n– Implementation guidance\n– Outreach by States\n– Safety and Integrity Foundation (SIF)\n\n<<<PAGE 9>>>\n\nNext steps\n• Public meeting – December 15, 2005\n• Concept paper on regulatory changes to\nOQ\n• Docket open\n– Until January 14, 2006 for data on status of\nOQ\n– Until February 10, 2006 on regulatory\napproach\n\n<<<PAGE 10>>>\n\nConcept\n• Regulatory\n– Add construction tasks to operation and\nmaintenance tasks\n– Add some specificity in training\n– Add some specificity in intervals for\nreevaluation\n• Publish clarifications on other OQ issues\nof concern\n\n<<<PAGE 11>>>\n\nInformation\nDecember 15, 2005 public meeting –\nhttp://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings\nOQ regulatory docket -\nhttp://dms.dot.gov\nDocket number RSPA-04-19857","truncated":false,"body_characters":2492}