Published
in July 2nd Federal Register:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-15532.htm
Summary:
This
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks to revise the Pipeline Safety Regulations
to improve the reliability and utility of data collections from operators of
natural gas pipelines, hazardous liquid pipelines, and liquefied natural gas
(LNG) facilities. These revisions will enhance PHMSA's ability to: understand,
measure, and assess the performance of individual operators and industry as a
whole; integrate pipeline safety data to allow a more thorough, rigorous, and comprehensive
understanding and assessment of risk; and expand and simplify existing
electronic reporting by operators. These revisions will improve both the data
and the analyses PHMSA relies on to make critical, safety-related decisions,
and will facilitate PHMSA's allocation of inspection and other resources based
on a more accurate accounting of risk.
DATES:
Submit comments by August 31, 2009.