Form PHMSA Form # PHMSA Form # Low Stress Pipeline Survey

Rural Low-Stress Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Survey

Survey and Instructions

Introduction

Under the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006 (PIPES Act) all low-stress hazardous liquid transmission pipelines will be subjected to the same standards and regulations as other hazardous liquid transmission pipelines. In order to assess the costs of implementing proposed changes in the regulation of rural low-stress pipelines the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is sponsoring a request for information on rural low-stress pipelines currently not regulated under 49 CFR part 195. This data collection effort is being administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

To assist PHMSA in the collection of these data, please complete the following survey. Pipelines to be reported include all hazardous liquid pipelines owned and/or operated by your company that:

• operate at 20 percent or less of the specified minimum yield of strength (SMYS) throughput the entire length of the separate pipeline

• are located in a rural area

• are outside a waterway currently used for commercial navigation

In reporting for this survey, you should EXCLUDE low stress pipelines that are currently regulated, as well as information concerning gathering lines (pipelines transporting petroleum from a production facility up to 8 5/8 inches in diameter).

Companies that do not own and/or operate rural low stress pipelines are still encouraged to complete this survey, so that PHMSA can have an accurate accounting of rural low stress pipeline mileage.

In order to obtain reliable data, it is important that all questions be completed. In this way, PHMSA can accurately assess the impact of proposed changes in the regulation of rural low-stress pipelines. We want to assure you that your responses to this survey will be used for government purposes only.

If you have any questions about the data collection effort, please contact Lane Miller at PHMSA (405-954-4969 or [email protected]). If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Carson Poe at the Volpe Center (617-494-2765 or [email protected])

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Rural Low-Stress Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Survey

Please read the Introduction on page 1 before completing this survey.

Q. 1 What is the total number of miles of rural low-stress hazardous liquid pipeline your company owns and/or operates (including rural interplant pipelines less than 1 mile in length)? __________ miles

Q. 2 For the total number of miles of rural low-stress pipeline reported in Q. 1, please provide the following information:

2a. Number of miles of interplant pipelines less than 1 mile in length ________ miles

2b. Number of miles with a nominal diameter of 8 5/8 inches or greater ______ miles

2c. Number of miles of steel pipe pipeline __________ miles

2d. Number of miles of non-metallic pipe pipeline __________ miles

Q. 3 Please list all products transported using rural low-stress hazardous liquid pipelines.

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Q. 4 . In which state(s) does your company own and/or operate rural low-stress hazardous liquid pipelines (excluding rural interplant pipelines less than 1 mile in length)? Please use column A below to record your response.

In column B below, please record the number of miles of rural low-stress hazardous liquid pipeline (excluding rural interplant pipelines less than 1 mile in length) owned and/or operated in each state.

NOTE: If your company owns and/or operates rural low-stress hazardous liquid pipelines in more than ten states, please append the additional data to the chart below.

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