Pipeline Safety Control Room Management Human Factors

Phmsa proposes to revise the federal pipeline safety regulations to address human factors and other components of control room management.

Pipeline safety control room management human factors. Control room management human factors correction. The pipes act requires phmsa to issue regulations requiring each operator of a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline to develop implement and submit a human factors management plan designed to reduce risks associated with human factors including fatigue in each control room for the pipeline. The proposed rules would require operators of hazardous liquid pipelines gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas lng facilities to amend their existing written operations and maintenance procedures operator qualification oq programs and. The deadline for pipeline operators to implement the procedures for roles and responsibilities shift change change management and operating experience fatigue mitigation education and.

This rule expedites the program implementation deadlines in the control room management human factors regulations in order to realize the safety benefits sooner than established in the original rule. Dot is committed to ensuring that information is available in appropriate alternative formats to meet the requirements of persons who have a disability. Pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration phmsa. Leak detection on hazardous liquid pipelines 1 26 10 advisory bulletin adb 10 01.

This rule expedites the program implementation deadlines in the control room management human factors regulations in order to realize the safety benefits sooner than established in the original rule. Under the final rule affected pipeline operators must define the roles and. View or download crm final rule in pdf format. Final rule december 3 2009.

This site provides information about phmsa s implementation of control room management oversight and links to other educational information on human factors and human operational performance. That final rule amended the federal pipeline safety regulations to address human factors and other aspects of control room management for pipelines where controllers use supervisory control and data acquisition scada systems but contained errors regarding certain dates both in the preamble and the amendments. Phmsa is amending the federal pipeline safety regulations to address human factors and other aspects of control room management for pipelines where controllers use supervisory control and data acquisition scada systems. 49 cfr parts 192 and 195 pipeline safety.

Phmsa s pipeline safety regulations prescribe safety requirements for controllers control rooms and scada systems used to remotely monitor and control pipeline operations. This document corrects those.