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Continual Assessment/Evaluation Protocol Review

Gain insights into continual assessment and evaluation protocols to maintain pipeline integrity. Verify operator commitment, risk-based processes, and compliance with assessment intervals. Explore key elements, procedures, and responsibilities for ensuring pipeline integrity.

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Continual Assessment/Evaluation Protocol Review

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  1. Continual Assessment/Evaluation Protocol Review Integrity Management Workshop July 23-34, 2002

  2. Program Element Requirement • §452 (f) An operator must include, at minimum, each of the following elements in its written integrity management program: • (5) A continual process of assessment and evaluation to maintain a pipeline’s integrity (see paragraph (j) of this section)

  3. Objectives • Verify Operator’s Commitment to Continual Assessment and Evaluation • Verify Risk-Based Process to Determine: • Future Assessment Schedules • Future Assessment Methods • Compliance with 5-Year Maximum Re-Assessment Intervals

  4. Continual Assessment/Evaluation • Process • Procedures • Documentation • Institutionalization • Responsibility and Accountability

  5. Continual Assessment/Evaluation • Continual Integrity Evaluations • Evaluation Frequency • Based on Risk Factors • Adequate to Ensure P/L Integrity • Consideration of Prior Integrity Information • Assessments • Risk Analyses • Remediation History

  6. Continual Assessment/Evaluation • Periodic Assessments • Evaluation Frequency • Based on Risk Factors • Adequate to Ensure P/L Integrity • 5-Year Maximum Interval • Assessment Methods • Based on Same Process Used for Baseline Assessment • Consider All Applicable Risk Factors • Need to be Changed Based on Newly Identified Risk Factors

  7. Continual Assessment/Evaluation • Assessment Interval Variance Requests • Engineering Basis • 270-day Notification • Strong Technical Basis • Unavailable Technology • 180-day Notification • Bona Fide Effort to Meet Schedule • Specific Reasons Why Schedule Can Not Be Met • Interim Measures for Equivalent Understanding of P/L

  8. Continual Assessment/Evaluation • Expectations • Continual Assessment and Evaluation Process • Institutionalization of Continual Process • Ongoing Assurance of P/L Integrity • Basis for Variance Notifications

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