Final Jeopardy
What does In-Patient Hospitalization mean?
Means hospital admission and at least one overnight stay
What is the most recent Effective Date for O&M 114?
02/15/2019
What is the final step in the Nebraska Fire Marshall office Call Tree?
1. Wait two hours
Go to step one and try call tree again
Go through call tree a maximum of three times.
What are the items listed under "Estimated Property damage includes, but is not limited to"?
• Property damage to operator’s facilities and property of others
• Gas lost, including blowdown and purging activities.
• Facility repair and replacement.
• Restoration of gas distribution service and relighting customers.
• Leak locating.
• Right-of-way cleanup.
• Environmental cleanup and damage
What is Black Hills Corporate Security phone number?
(800) 540-4223 - Available 24 hours daily
What does PHMSA stand for?
Pipeline & Hazardous Material Safety Administration
Give the information listed for #8 on the Nebraska State Fire Marshall Office Call Tree when reporting an incident.
8. Call 402-471-9664 (Rosemary Hatton, Administrative Assistant) and leave message on voice mail.
What is the most recent effective Date for the Nebraska Appendix?
04/12/2017
Who are the first 3 possible Nebraska State Fire Marshalls you will need to call during afterhours or on Holidays when reporting an incident?
1. Call Deputy Arnold Bates at 308-390-0460
2. Call Deputy Kevin Bumgardner at 402-705-7100
3. Call Deputy Doug Donnelson at 402-720-1103
What are the Significant Event Considerations listed as examples?
• Rupture or explosion
• Fire
• Loss of service
• Evacuation of people in the area
• Involvement of local emergency response personnel
• Degree of media involvement
You must notify PHMSA no later than 60 days after what changes?
1) A change in the primary entity responsible (i.e., with an assigned OPID) for managing or administering a safety program required by this part covering pipeline facilities operated under multiple OPIDs.
2) A change in the name of the operator;
3) A change in the entity (e.g., company, municipality) responsible for an existing pipeline, pipeline segment, pipeline facility, or LNG facility;
4) The acquisition or divestiture of 50 or more miles of a pipeline or pipeline system subject to Part 192 of this subchapter; or
5) The acquisition or divestiture of an existing LNG plant or LNG facility subject to Part 193 of this subchapter.
6) The acquisition or divestiture of an existing underground natural gas storage facility subject to part 192 of this subchapter.
You must notify PHMSA a minimum of 60 days before what changes?
1) Construction or any planned rehabilitation, replacement, modification, upgrade, uprate, or update of a facility, other than a section of line pipe, that costs $10 million or more.
If 60 day notice is not feasible because of an emergency, an operator must notify PHMSA as soon as practicable;
2) Construction of 10 or more miles of a new pipeline; or
3) Construction of a new LNG plant or LNG facility.
4) Construction of a new underground natural gas storage facility or the abandonment, drilling or well workover (including replacement of wellhead, tubing, or a new casing) of an injection, withdrawal, monitoring, or observation well for an underground natural gas storage facility.
The latest edition of all reports with the exception of the Safety Related Conditions report required by DOT Part 191 are available from the PHMSA Forms Library, where can you find this Library?
PHMSA’s Portal: http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/library/forms
What are the examples for Reportable incidents, either before or past the meter?
(A) An event that involves a release of gas from a pipeline and results in:
• A death or personal injury necessitating in-patient hospitalization; or
• Estimated property damage, including cost of gas lost, of the operator or others, or both, of $50,000 or more; or
• Any failure which results in the explosion or ignition of natural gas.
(B) An event that is significant in the judgment of the operator, even though it did not meet the criteria of (A) or (B).
What is PHMSA's first definition of a reportable incident event listed in O&M 114?
1) An event that involves a release of gas from a pipeline, gas from an underground natural gas storage facility, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, refrigerant gas, or gas from an LNG facility, and that results in one or more of the following consequences:
a) A death or personal injury necessitating in-patient1 hospitalization; or
b) Estimated2 property damage of $50,000 or more, including loss to the operator and others, or both, but excluding cost of gas lost;
c) Unintentional estimated gas loss of three million cubic feet or more
When a FILING a SAFETY-RELATED CONDITION REPORT what information needs to be included?
1) Name and principal address of operator.
2) Date of report.
3) Name, job title, and business telephone number of person submitting the report.
4) Name, job title, and business telephone number of person who determined that the condition exists.
5) Date condition was discovered and date condition was first determined to exist.
6) Location of condition, with reference to the State (and town, city, or county) or offshore site, and as appropriate, nearest street address, offshore platform, survey station number, milepost, landmark, or name of pipeline.
7) Description of the condition, including circumstances leading to its discovery, any significant effects of the condition on safety, and the name of the commodity transported or stored.
8) The corrective action taken (including reduction of pressure or shutdown) before the report is submitted and the planned follow-up future corrective action, including the anticipated schedule for starting and concluding such action.