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Mapping Requirements & Processing T-4 Forms Pipeline Safety Division. Lori Mireles - Mapping Requirements Bruce Waterman – T-4 Permits. Mapping Requirements. Pipeline Safety Division Lori Mireles. Presentation Overview. Digital and Hard Copy Submission Requirements
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Mapping Requirements & Processing T-4 Forms Pipeline Safety Division • Lori Mireles - Mapping Requirements • Bruce Waterman – T-4 Permits
Mapping Requirements • Pipeline Safety Division • Lori Mireles
Presentation Overview • Digital and Hard Copy Submission Requirements • How to Avoid Digital Data Rejections by Exploding the Data • Projections • Helpful Resources • Steps to Search Pipeline Permits
Pipeline Mapping • Digital Submissions • Pipeline Safety – Mapping – Digital Submissions • Steps to Set up an FTP account (File Transfer Protocol) • The software that enables files to be transmitted over data lines from one computer • to another • Submit Email to Request an FTP Account • Email should contain: FTP Request • Contact Person and Title • Company Name • Address • Phone Number • Sample Email to Request an FTP Account • Email should be sent to: tpms@rrc.state.tx.us
Pipeline Mapping • Steps to Instructions for Submitting and Receiving Digital Data via FTP • Instructions for Submitting Digital • Lower case “t” • Maximum of 8 characters • Required files: .shp, .dbf, .shx and .prj • Sample Email for an FTP Submission • Subject: Pipeline operator name • Body: Operator Name and Address • Type of Submission • Type of Datum • T-4 Permit/Mapping Contact
Pipeline Mapping • Steps to Attribute Definitions • Attribute Definitions • Be sure to add all the *Required Fields in Red • A T-4 Amend code should be listed for each line segment • Steps to Commodity List • Commodity List • Commodity Description (Butane/Butylene), Commodity (HVL), Systype (Q) • Steps to Vendor List • Vendor List • Software Vendor List for Submitting Digital Data • All vendors on this list have been approved to submit the required data
Pipeline Mapping • Steps to Hard Copy Map Submissions • Hard Copy Submission Requirements • 7.5 minute USGS Quad – 24X29 in. – 1 to 24,000 scale • Operator name • T-4 Permit Number • System names • Counties • Date created • Numbered quads • T-4 Permit/Mapping contact person and phone number • Maps should have this essential information: • Coordinates, Quad Name • Border notation, County/State Line, • City Name/Limits, Roads & Map Scale, • One permit per Map
Pipeline Mapping • Labeling Pipelines (Option 1)– Label diameters, Specify multiple • lines using same R.O.W., UseT4 amendment codes to color code • pipelines. • Labeling Pipelines (Option 2) – Highlight all changes, Mark • intersections/attributes with a dot. Identify the change. • Sample Email to Request Digital Data • Operator name and Address • T-4 Permit number • Contact information • Sample Email from RRC to Operator • The name of the file to download is p04152014_1.tar.gz • Extracted data for t4 permit 09999 • Retrieving Data from the Railroad Commission • Original FTP instructions • *See Instructions for DOS FTP for visual reference of instructions • at the end of this handout
Pipeline Mapping • How to Avoid Digital Data Rejections by Exploding the Data Explode your Data using Advanced Editing Tools
Identifying Multi-Part Features Explode Multi-Part Feature
Identifying Multi-Part Features Update your shape file with these new changes You are now ready to send your digital to the FTP site
Projections • Wrong Projection • UTM/State Plane Projection • Correct Projection • Geographic Coordinate System • Check your Coordinates • Verify your coordinates at the bottom of your window.
Pipeline Mapping • Steps to Public GIS Map Viewers • Enhanced Public GIS Viewer • Legacy Public GIS Viewer • Steps to Data Online Research Queries • Steps to Search T-4 Pipeline Permits - Enter your permit number – Click on Search • Go down to Actions – View this document – Documents appear • Steps to Print T-4 Pipeline Permits • Click on Download to print all pages • Click on Download Page to print page of interest only • Additional Helpful Information: Instructions for using FTP Software – FTP Password for Sending and Retrieving Digital Data – Instructions for DOS FTP - FAQ’s
T-4 Permitting Pipeline Safety Division • Bruce Waterman
Permitting Rules • If a pipeline leaves the lease… • Regulated and Non-Regulated lines • Permits may have only one fluid… • Pipeline should be continuous… • Permits should be amended… • If pipelines are regulated…
Pipeline Permitting Forms • PS-48 form needed 30 days • before construction starts • 24 hour notice for any lines • over 100 ppms of H2S
Pipeline Permitting Forms • T-4 needed for any amendment except cancellation of a permit • T-4B pipeline transfer needed for: • Change of operator (A sells to B) • Operator name change (ABC LP becomes ABC LLC) • Partial transfer to another operator • T-4C permit renewal form • Annual renewal with NO changes to the pipeline system. • T-4A is “the permit”.
ABC Pipeline Company 223456 P.O. Box 234 Austin, TX 78701 X Jane Smith Pipeline Company T4 X X X Hydrogen X X X X X X X X X X Mark Smith 6/10/13 Mark Smith
Pipeline Permitting Forms • PS8000A form needed for: • A new permit • Mileage being added to permit • When requested by RRC
P S 8 0 0 0 A ABC Pipeline Company 09000 20.00 20.00 12.75 0.38 X52FBE X X ABC Pipeline System Refined Products 1 Travis
T 4 B ABC Pipeline Company X Jane Wilson Jane Wilson 123 Operating Company X John Smith Pipeline Company 5 miles Hydrogen John Smith John Smith
Contact Information Kristi Schulz -------------- (512)-463-7090 Operators A-D (plus Enbridge & Enterprise) Bruce Waterman--------- (512)-463-3046 Operators E-L (plus Copano) Brent Mosby -------------- (512)-463-6519 Operators M-Z Digital Submissions Lori Mireles --------------- (512)-463-7032 Colby Broadway--------- (512)-524-6019 E-mail: tpms@rrc.state.tx.us