AMPP unveils guide for pipeline safety

In response to the US’ Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)'s revised Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations, AMPP's Guide 21569-2024 offered a detailed roadmap for pipeline operators to implement corrosion control requirements for onshore gas transmission as required in Part 2 of the PHMSA Gas Mega Rule. The PHMSA revisions encompassed an array of enhanced safety measures, including improved repair criteria, integrity management, cathodic protection, and management of change, all intended to mitigate risks associated with pipeline corrosion and ensure compliance with the most current safety standards.

“I’m very proud to have served as Document Project Manager for this development team comprised of an incredible group of industry pipeline subject matter experts across the country,” said Kimberly-Joy Harris, a retiree from Enbridge Pipelines with more than 30 years leading pipeline integrity and corrosion programs and vice chair of the AMPP Board of Directors. “Our main goal was to assist US natural gas pipeline companies with a guidance document that aligns with the new PHMSA Regulatory Mega Rule requirements related to integrity management, repair criteria, cathodic protection, and management of change, all to prevent and reduce failures. In addition, this document will be very useful globally to assist pipeline companies with improving their integrity programs and reducing failures."

Guide 21569-2024 catered to US gas transmission pipeline operators while providing critical insights for international counterparts aiming to improve their corrosion control measures. This guide emerged from the industry's need for a cohesive approach to comply with the new corrosion control, operations, maintenance, and integrity management PHMSA regulations that went into effect for transmission pipelines placed into service after 24 February 2024. It presented practical strategies for incorporating these requirements and leveraged established practices to protect pipeline assets.

Harris added, "Our project committee members and AMPP staff members did an amazing job working with the team through this process, and we were pleased to complete this project in record time, less than one year from initiation to publication."

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