Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XI - Office of Conservation-Pipeline Division › Subpart 4 - Carbon Dioxide › Chapter 49 - Operating and Maintaining Carbon Dioxide Pipelines › Section XI-4905 - Procedural Manual for Operations, Maintenance, and Emergencies (Formerly section 1905)

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.
B. Amendments. If the commissioner finds that
				  an operator's procedures are inadequate to assure proper operation of the
				  system and to minimize hazards in emergencies, the commissioner may, after
				  issuing a notice of amendment and providing an opportunity for an informal
				  hearing, require the operator to amend the procedures. In determining the
				  adequacy of the procedures, the commissioner considers pipeline safety data,
				  the feasibility of the procedures, and whether the procedures are appropriate
				  for the pipeline system involved. Each notice of amendment shall allow the
				  operator at least 15 days after receipt of such notice to submit written
				  comments or request an informal hearing. After considering all material
				  presented, the commissioner shall notify the operator of the required amendment
				  or withdraw the notice proposing the amendment.
C. Maintenance and Normal Operations. The
				  manual required by Subsection A of this Section must include procedures for the
				  following to provide safety during maintenance and normal operations:
1. making construction records, maps, and
				  operating history available as necessary for safe operation and
				  maintenance;
2. gathering of data
				  needed for reporting accidents under
				  §4101-4109
				  of this regulation in a timely and effective manner;
3. operating, maintaining, and repairing the
				  pipeline system in accordance with each of the requirements of this
				  Part;
4. determining which pipeline
				  facilities are located in areas that would require an immediate response by the
				  operator to prevent hazards to the public if the facilities failed or
				  malfunctioned;
5. analyzing
				  pipeline accidents to determine their causes;
6. minimizing the potential for hazards
				  identified under Paragraph C.4 of this Section and the possibility of
				  recurrence of accidents analyzed under Paragraph C.5 of this Section;
7. starting up and shutting down any part of
				  the pipeline system in a manner designed to assure operation within the limits
				  prescribed by §4911, considering the specific fluid in transportation,
				  variations in altitude along the pipeline, and pressure monitoring and control
				  devices;
8. in the case of a
				  pipeline that is not equipped to fail safe, monitoring from an attended
				  location pipeline pressure during startup until steady state pressure and flow
				  conditions are reached and during shut-in to assure operation within limits
				  prescribed by §4911;
9. in the
				  case of facilities not equipped to fail safe that are identified under
				  §4905.C.4 or that
				  control receipt and delivery of the carbon dioxide, detecting abnormal
				  operating conditions by monitoring pressure, temperature, flow or other
				  appropriate operational data and transmitting these data to an attended
				  location;
10. abandoning pipeline
				  facilities, including safe disconnection from an operating pipeline system, and
				  sealing abandoned facilities left in place to minimize safety and environmental
				  hazards;
11. establishing and
				  maintaining liaison with fire, police, and other appropriate public officials
				  to learn the responsibility and resources of each government organization that
				  may respond to a pipeline emergency and acquaint the officials with the
				  operator's ability in responding to a pipeline emergency and means of
				  communication;
12. 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.