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United States Department of Transportation
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Commenting Status | Closed |
| Comment Period Start | Oct 4, 2012 |
| Comment Period End | Oct 26, 2012 |
| Summary Information |
DRAFT Valve Report: "Studies for the Requirements of Automatic and Remotely Controlled Shutoff Valves on Hazardous Liquids and Natural Gas Pipelines with Respect to Public and Environmental Safety" Ref: ORNL/TM-2012/411, October 1, 2012 |
| Files | |
 01/03/2013: Summary
of Comments to Draft Report and Contractor Responses
Summary_of_Comments-_ORNL_ASV_RCV_Draft_Report_-_.pdf
(233 KB)
[Download/Save...] [File #433] 10/24/2012: Accufacts
comment on valve draft report submitted byt email
10-24-2012
1)_Accufacts_Final_Comments_on_Valve_Study.pdf (199
KB)
[Download/Save...] [File #405] 10/26/2012: INGAA
comments on draft valve study, submitted via email
20121026_INGAA_Comments_Valves_(Edited_Final).pdf (120
KB)
[Download/Save...] [File #414] 10/26/2012: AGA
comments on draft valve study report, submitted via email
AGA_final_comment_valve_study.pdf (297 KB)
[Download/Save...] [File #413] 10/26/2012: API-AOPL
Comments on Draft Valve Study submitted by email
10-26-2012
API-AOPL_Comments_on_Draft_Valve_Study_10-26-2012_FINAL.pdf
(336 KB)
[Download/Save...] [File #416] 10/26/2012: C-FER
Technologies Comments on draft valve report submitted via
email
CFER-Comments_on_ORNL_Valve_Study-25Oct2012.pdf (59
KB)
[Download/Save...] [File #412] 10/26/2012: Comments
received for valve draft report as of 10-26-2012
Valve_Draft_Report_Comments_received_via_website_as_of_10-26-2012.pdf
(65 KB)
[Download/Save...] [File #407] |
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PHMSA commissioned a study for Automatic and Remotely Controlled Shutoff Valves on Hazardous Liquids and Natural Gas Pipelines. The study was conducted in response to a mandate from the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job creation Act of 2011 and NTSB recommendation from the San Bruno, CA accident.
A draft report was developed and presented via webinar on October 5, along with another study being conducted on leak detection. Presentations and recordings from the webinar, including background and approach used for the studies, are available via the meeting website: Pipeline Leak Detection and Automatic/Remote Controlled Shutoff Valve Studies Web-Based Briefing
PHMSA welcomed comments through October 26 for the Leak Detection DRAFT Report: Preliminary_Draft_Valve_Study_ORNL_10-04-2012_Ver_2.pdf
A summary of comments to Automatic and Remotely Controlled Shutoff Valves Draft Report and contractor responses has been developed to help explain some of the changes made between the draft and final report: Summary_of_Comments-_ORNL_ASV_RCV_Draft_Report_-_.pdf
Comments received during the comment period in their entirety, whether submitted by email or through the website form, are available to the right.
The final report from the contractors, based on the comments received, is available: Final_Valve_Study_12-10-2012_ORNL_TM_2012_411_Ver_1.pdf
If you have any questions about the report, please contact max.kieba @ dot.gov.
