Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials › Subpart 3 - Natural Resources › Chapter 304 - Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline-Operation and Maintenance [49 CFR Part 195 Subpart F] › Section V-30402 - Procedural Manual for Operations, Maintenance, and Emergencies [49 CFR 195.402]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  General . Each operator shall prepare and follow for each pipeline system a
				  manual of written procedures for conducting normal operations and maintenance
				  activities and handling abnormal operations and emergencies. This manual shall
				  be reviewed at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each
				  calendar year, and appropriate changes made as necessary to insure that the
				  manual is effective. This manual shall be prepared before initial operations of
				  a pipeline system commence, and appropriate parts shall be kept at locations
				  where operations and maintenance activities are conducted. [
				  49
				  CFR 195.402(a)]
B. The administrator or the state agency that
				  has submitted a current certification under the pipeline safety laws (49
				  U.S.C. 60101 et seq.) with respect to the
				  pipeline facility governed by an operator's plans and procedures may, after
				  notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in
				  49 CFR
				  190.237 or the relevant state procedures,
				  require the operator to amend its plans and procedures as necessary to provide
				  a reasonable level of safety. [
				  49
				  CFR 195.402(B)]
C. Maintenance and Normal Operations. The
				  manual required by §30402. A must include procedures for the following to
				  provide safety during maintenance and normal operations: [
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				  CFR 195.402(c)]
1. making construction records, maps, and
				  operating history available as necessary for safe operation and maintenance; [
				  49
				  CFR 195.402(c)(1)
				  ]
2. gathering of data needed for
				  reporting accidents under Chapter 301. Subchapter B in a timely and effective
				  manner; [
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				  CFR 195.402(c)(2)
				  ]
3. operating, maintaining, and
				  repairing the pipeline system in accordance with each of the requirements of
				  this Chapter and Subchapter B of Chapter 305; [
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				  CFR 195.402(c)(3)
				  ]
4. Determining which pipeline
				  facilities are in areas that would require an immediate response by the
				  operator to prevent hazards to the public, property, or the environment if the
				  facilities failed or malfunctioned, including segments that could affect
				  high-consequence areas (HCA) or are in HCAs, and valves specified in
				  §30418 [49 CFR
				  195.402(c)(4)]
5. Investigating and analyzing pipeline
				  accidents and failures, including sending the failed pipe, component, or
				  equipment for laboratory testing or examination where appropriate, to determine
				  the cause(s) and contributing factors of the failure and to minimize the
				  possibility of a recurrence. [49 CFR
				  195.402(c)(5)]
a. Post-failure and -accident lessons
				  learned. Each operator must develop, implement, and incorporate lessons learned
				  from a post-failure and accident review into its written procedures, including
				  in pertinent operator personnel training and qualifications programs, and in
				  design, construction, testing, maintenance, operations, and emergency procedure
				  manuals and specifications. [49 CFR
				  195.402(c)(5)(i)]
b. Analysis of rupture and valve shut-offs;
				  preventive and mitigative measures. If a failure or accident on an onshore
				  hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline involves the closure of a
				  rupture-mitigation valve (RMV), as defined in §30105, or the closure of an
				  alternative equivalent technology, the operator of the pipeline must also
				  conduct a post-failure or accident analysis of all of the factors that may have
				  impacted the release volume and the consequences of the release and identify
				  and implement operations and maintenance measures to minimize the consequences
				  of a future failure or incident. The analysis must include all relevant factors
				  impacting the release volume and consequences, including, but not limited to,
				  the following: [49 CFR
				  195.402(c)(5)(ii)]
i. Detection, identification, operational
				  response, system shut-off, and emergency-response communications, based on the
				  type and volume of the release or failure event; ( [49 CFR
				  195.402(c)(5)(ii)(A)]
ii. Appropriateness and effectiveness of
				  procedures and pipeline systems, including supervisory control and data
				  acquisition (SCADA), communications, valve shut-off, and operator personnel; (
				  [49 CFR
				  195.402(c)(5)(ii)(B)]
iii. Actual response time from identifying a
				  rupture following a notification of potential rupture, as defined at §30105, to
				  initiation of mitigative actions and isolation of the segment, and the
				  appropriateness and effectiveness of the mitigative actions taken; (
				  [49 CFR
				  195.402(c)(5)(ii)(C)]
iv. Location and timeliness of actuation of
				  all RMVs or alternative equivalent technologies; and ( [49 CFR
				  195.402(c)(5)(ii)(D)]
v. All other factors the operator deems
				  appropriate. ( [49 CFR
				  195.402(c)(5)(ii)(E)]
c. Rupture post-failure and
				  accident summary. If a failure or accident on an onshore hazardous liquid or
				  carbon dioxide pipeline involves the identification of a rupture following a
				  notification of potential rupture; the closure of an RMV, as those terms are
				  defined in §30105; or the closure of an alternative equivalent technology, the
				  operator must complete a summary of the post-failure or -accident review
				  required by subparagraph C.5.b of this section within 90 days of the failure or
				  accident. While the investigation is pending, the operator must conduct
				  quarterly status reviews until the investigation is completed and a final
				  post-failure or -accident review is prepared. The final post-failure or
				  -accident summary and all other reviews and analyses produced under the
				  requirements of this section must be reviewed, dated, and signed by the
				  operator's appropriate senior executive officer. An operator must keep, for the
				  useful life of the pipeline, the final post-failure or -accident summary, all
				  investigation and analysis documents used to prepare it, and records of lessons
				  learned. [49 CFR
				  195.402(c)(5)(iii)]
6. minimizing the potential for
				  hazards identified under §30402. C.4 and the possibility of recurrence of
				  accidents analyzed under §30402. C 5; [
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				  CFR 195.402(c)(6)
				  ]
7. starting up and shutting down
				  any part of the pipeline system in a manner designed to assure operation within
				  the limits prescribed by §30406, consider the hazardous liquid or carbon
				  dioxide in transportation, variations in altitude along the pipeline, and
				  pressure monitoring and control devices; [
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				  CFR 195.402(c)(7)
				  ]
8. in the case of a pipeline that
				  is not equipped to fail safe, monitoring from an attended location pipeline
				  pressure during start-up until steady state pressure and flow conditions are
				  reached and during shut-in to assure operation within limits prescribed by
				  §30406; [
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				  CFR 195.402(c)(8)
				  ]
9. in the case of facilities not
				  equipped to fail safe that are identified under §30402. C.4 or that control
				  receipt and delivery of the hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide, detecting
				  abnormal operating conditions by monitoring pressure, temperature, flow or
				  other appropriate operational data and transmitting this data to an attended
				  location; [
				  49
				  CFR 195.402(c)(9)
				  ]
10. abandoning pipeline
				  facilities, including safe disconnection from an operating pipeline system,
				  purging of combustibles, and sealing abandoned facilities left in place to
				  minimize safety and environmental hazards. For each abandoned offshore pipeline
				  facility or each abandoned onshore pipeline facility that crosses over, under
				  or through commercially navigable waterways the last operator of that facility
				  must file a report upon abandonment of that facility in accordance with
				  §30141 of this Subpart; [
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				  CFR 195.402(c)(10)
				  ]
11. minimizing the likelihood of
				  accidental ignition of vapors in areas near facilities identified under §30402.
				  C.4 where the potential exists for the presence of flammable liquids or gases;
				  [
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				  CFR 195.402(c)(11)
				  ]
12. Establishing and maintaining
				  adequate means of communication with the appropriate public safety answering
				  point (i.e., 9-1-1 emergency call center), where direct access to a 9-1-1
				  emergency call center is available from the location of the pipeline, and fire,
				  police, and other public officials. Operators must determine the
				  responsibilities, resources, jurisdictional area(s), and emergency contact
				  telephone numbers for both local and out-of-area calls of each Federal, State,
				  and local government organization that may respond to a pipeline emergency, and
				  inform the officials about the operator's ability to respond to the pipeline
				  emergency and means of communication during emergencies. Operators may
				  establish liaison with the appropriate local emergency coordinating agencies,
				  such as 9-1-1 emergency call centers or county emergency managers, in lieu of
				  communicating individually with each fire, police, or other public entity.
				  [49 CFR
				  195.402(c)(12)]
13. periodically reviewing the work done by
				  operator personnel to determine the effectiveness of the procedures used in
				  normal operation and maintenance and taking corrective action where
				  deficiencies are found; [
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				  CFR 195.402(c)(13)
				  ]
14. taking adequate precautions
				  in excavated trenches to protect personnel from the hazards of unsafe
				  accumulations of vapor or gas, and making available when needed at the
				  excavation, emergency rescue equipment, including a breathing apparatus and, a
				  rescue harness and line. [
				  49
				  CFR 195.402(c)(14)
				  ]
15. Implementing the applicable
				  control room management procedures required by §30446 [
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				  CFR 195.402(c)(15)
				  ]