Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIII - Office of Conservation-Pipeline Safety › Subpart 3 - Transportation of Natural Gas or Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Safety Standards [49 CFR Part 192] › Chapter 27 - Operations [49 CFR Part 192 Subpart L] › Section XIII-2705 - Procedural Manual for Operations, Maintenance, and Emergencies [49 CFR 192.605]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. General.
				  Each operator shall prepare and follow for each pipeline, a manual of written
				  procedures for conducting operations and maintenance activities and for
				  emergency response. For transmission lines, the manual must also include
				  procedures for handling abnormal operations. This manual must be reviewed and
				  updated by the operator at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once
				  each calendar year. This manual must be prepared before operations of a
				  pipeline system commence. Appropriate parts of the manual must be kept at
				  locations where operations and maintenance activities are conducted. [
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				  CFR 192.605(a)]
B. Maintenance and Normal Operations. The
				  manual required by Subsection A of this Section must include procedures for the
				  following, if applicable, to provide safety during maintenance and operations:
				  [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)]
1. operating, maintaining, and repairing the
				  pipeline in accordance with each of the requirements of this Chapter and
				  Chapter 29 of this Subpart; [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(1)]
2. controlling corrosion in accordance with
				  the operations and maintenance requirements of Chapter 21 of this Subpart; [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(2)]
3. making construction records, maps, and
				  operating history available to appropriate operating personnel; [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(3)]
4. gathering of data needed for reporting
				  incidents under Chapter 3 of Subpart 2 of this Part in a timely and effective
				  manner; [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(4)]
5. starting up and shutting down any part of
				  the pipeline in a manner designed to assure operation within the MAOP limits
				  prescribed by this Subpart, plus the build-up allowed for operation of
				  pressure-limiting and control devices; [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(5)]
6. maintaining compressor stations, including
				  provisions for isolating units or sections of pipe and for purging before
				  returning to service; [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(6)
				  ]
7. starting, operating and
				  shutting down gas compressor units; [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(7)]
8. periodically reviewing the work done by
				  operator personnel to determine the effectiveness, and adequacy of the
				  procedures used in normal operation and maintenance and modifying the
				  procedures when deficiencies are found; [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(8)]
9. 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; [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(9)]
10. systematic and routine testing and
				  inspection of pipe-type or bottle-type holders including: [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(10)]
a. provision for detecting external corrosion
				  before the strength of the container has been impaired; [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(10)(i)
				  ]
b. periodic sampling and testing
				  of gas in storage to determine the dew point of vapors contained in the stored
				  gas which, if condensed, might cause internal corrosion or interfere with the
				  safe operation of the storage plant; and [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(10)(ii)
				  ]
c. periodic inspection and
				  testing of pressure limiting equipment to determine that it is in safe
				  operating condition and has adequate capacity; [
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				  CFR 192.605(b)(10)(iii)
				  ]
11. responding
				  promptly to a report of a gas odor inside or near a building, unless the
				  operator's emergency procedures under §2715. A.3 specifically apply to
				  these reports. [
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				  CFR
				  192.605(b)(11)]
12. implementing the applicable control room
				  management procedures required by §2731 [
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				  CFR
				  192.605(b)(12)]