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Assistance for Pipeline Operators

Training and Seminars
The PUC Pipeline Safety Program provides training and qualifications seminars and operator assistance visits upon request. Training may be conducted on location or at a common site for multiple operators. Types of on-location assistance include public awareness program development and gas integrity management program development; training on additional regulations is available. Call the PUC at (605) 773-3201 to inquire about training assistance from Pipeline Safety Program staff.

South Dakota/North Dakota Pipeline Safety Seminars Archives

PHMSA Advisory Bulletins

• Potential for Damage to Pipeline Facilities Caused by the Passage of Hurricanes, issued June 18, 2015
• Potential for Damage to Pipeline Facilities Caused by Flooding, River Scour, and River Channel Mitgration, issued April 6, 2015
• Guidance for Strengthening Pipeline Safety Through Rigorous Program Evaluation and Meaning Metrics, issued Oct. 9, 2014
• Guidance for Pipeline Flow Reversals, Product Changes and Conversion to Service, issued Sept. 12, 2014
• Construction Notification, issued Sept. 9, 2014
• Lessons Learned From the Release at Marshall, Michigan, issued April 30, 2014
• Notice to Operators of Hazardous Liquid and Natural Gas Pipelines of a Recall on Leak Repair Clamps Due to Defective Seal, issued Aug. 22, 2013
• Accident and Incident Notification Time Limit, issued Jan. 25, 2013
• Reporting of Exceedances of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure, issued Dec. 18, 2012
• Using Meaningful Metrics in Conducting Integrity Management Program Evaluations, issued Nov. 29, 2012
• Communication During Emergency Situations, issued Oct. 10, 2012
• Mechanical Fitting Failure Report, issued June 4, 2012
• Verification of Records, issued May 1, 2012
• Implementation of the National Registry of Pipeline and Liquefied Natural Gas Operators, issued March 9, 2012
• Notice of Operators of Driscopipe 8000 High Density Polyethylene Pipe of the Potential for Material Degradation, issued Feb. 29, 2012
• Post Accident Drug nd Alcohol Testing, issued Feb. 15, 2012
• Implementation of the National Registry of Pipeline and Liquefied Natural Gas Operators, issued Jan. 6, 2012
• Dangers of Abnormal Snow and Ice Build-Up on Gas Distribution Systems, issued Feb. 9, 2011
• Establishing Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure or Maximum
  Operating Pressure Using Record Evidence, and Integrity Management Risk
  Identification, Assessment, Prevention, and Mitigation, issued Jan. 4, 2011
• Emergency Preparedness Communications, issued Oct. 28, 2010
• Personal Electronic Device Related Distractions, issued July 27, 2010
• Girth Weld Quality Issues Due to Improper Transitioning, Misalignment, and Welding Practices of Large Diameter Line Pipe, issued March 18, 2010
• Reporting Drug and Alcohol Test Results for Contractors and Multiple Operator Identification Numbers, issued Jan. 12, 2010
• Weldable Compression Coupling Installation, issued Sept. 23, 2009
• Potential Low and Variable Yield and Tensile Strength and Chemical Composition Properties in High Strength Line Pipe, issued May 14, 2009
• Installation of Excess Flow Valves into Gas Service Lines, issued May 30, 2008

Federal Register Notices, Final Rule Changes

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• Miscellaneous Changes to Pipeline Safety Regulations: Response to Petitions for Reconsideration, issued Sept. 25, 2015
• Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Amendments; Corrections, issued Aug. 3, 2015
• Pipeline Damage Prevention Programs, issued July 22, 2015 .
• Miscellaneous Changes to Pipeline Safety Regulations, issued Feb. 26, 2015 .
• Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Amendments, issued Dec. 18, 2014
• Random Drug Testing Rate, Contractor Management Information System Reporting, and Obtaining Drug and Alcohol Management Information System Sign-In Information, issued Nov. 12, 2014
• Administrative Procedures; Updates and Technical Corrections, issued Sept. 18, 2013
• Incident and Accident Reports, issued March 6, 2013
• Administrative Procedures; Updates and Technical Corrections, issued Aug. 6, 2012
• Drivers of CMVs: Restricting the Use of Cellular Phones, issued Nov. 22, 2011

PHMSA Notice of Proposed Rule Making

• Expanding the Use of Excess Flow Valves in Gas Distribution Systems to Applications Other Than Single-Family Residences, issued July 7, 2015
• Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery, Accident and Incident Notification, and Other Pipeline Safety Proposed Changes, issued June 26, 2015
• Plastic Pipe Rule, issued May 14, 2015
• Class Location Requirements, issued July 25, 2013

Correspondence from PUC

• 2010 Pipeline Inspection Plan memo, issued Nov. 13, 2009
• Incident Procedures, issued May 29, 2009
  

Other Information

• Letter: Smith-Blair repair clamps for temporary, monitored repair of HDPE and MDPE pipe, Feb. 10, 2014
• Guidance for Strengthening Pipeline Safety Through Rigorous Program Evaluation and Meaningful Metrics, July 10, 2014
• Guidance for Pipeline Flow Reversals, Product Changes and Conversion to Service, September 2014