Advanced Pipeline Control Room Management

Ongoing Efforts to Continuously Improve Operational Effectiveness & Compliance Status

January 11, 2024 | Online :: Central Time

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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published final regulations on December 3, 2009, for control room management (CRM). Otherwise known as the CRM Rule, these regulations prescribe extensive safety and operational requirements for controllers and control rooms that remotely monitor and control liquid and gas pipelines regulated under 49 C.F.R. Parts 192 and 195. 

This course will move beyond reviewing the content of the CRM Rule and its initial implementation and venture into the ongoing efforts required to continuously improve an operator’s operational effectiveness and compliance status, while also maintaining adequate levels of preparedness in the event of a state or federal inspection.

Attend this course to learn not only the importance of the CRM Rule and its effect on the control room but also the details of how operators are effectively—and sometimes ineffectively—responding to the requirements. From the background and history of the CRM Rule to the upcoming Gas Mega Rule, this course will help attendees to understand what is required of them.

Learning Outcomes 

• Discover what led to the creation of the CRM Rule and the history of the rulemaking process
• Examine the content of the CRM Rule through a section-by-section approach 
• Determine what PHMSA expects and what to expect from PHMSA moving forward
• Evaluate how other operators approach CRM and review how to prepare for an audit

Thursday, January 11, 2024 : Central Time

Background and History

• Significant Pipeline Incidents and NTSB Recommendations
• The Rulemaking Process

The CRM Rule

• Cover Each Section of 49 CFR 192.631 and 49 CFR 195.446
  • Letter of the Law 
  • Notable FAQs 
  • Where Other Internal Teams Can Help 
  • How to Address Policy 
  • How to Address Implementation 

Audit Preparation

• Integrated Inspection vs. Control Room Inspection
• Initial Questionnaire
• GAP Analysis
• Corrective Action Plan
• How do Different Roles Help in Audit Prep?
• How to Best Equip Controllers
• Document Availability

Audit Experience

• What to Expect
• Enforcement Action and Response
• Review Enforcement Examples

What to Expect from PHMSA Moving Forward?

• Gas Gathering Rule
• Upcoming Audit Initiative

Available Resources

Ross Adams, General Manager, EnerSys Corporation

Ross Adams is an experienced regulatory compliance consultant and client success advocate within the oil and gas industry. His career began in the offshore sector, assisting clients with conforming to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s 30 CFR 250.1902 Subpart S – Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS) regulations. Grounded in the American Petroleum Institute’s Recommended Practice 75, this regulation is a comprehensive approach towards a proactive compliance culture for the offshore industry. Mr. Adams worked to ensure that clients were compliant with applicable regulations in the context of Personnel Training, Facility Inspections, Hazardous Material Communication, Spill Response, and Mechanical Integrity. 

In recent years, Mr. Adams’ area of focus has shifted to the pipeline sector where he works side by side with operators to design, implement, manage, and continuously improve their compliance state as it pertains to 49 CFR 192.631 and 49 CFR 195.446, otherwise known as the Control Room Management (CRM) Rule. Mr. Adams has further demonstrated his knowledge of the CRM Rule via the design and execution of EnerSys’ Compliance Facilitator Program, Audit Support Services. Furthermore, Mr. Adams works diligently with Enersys’ client base to understand and meet their operational and CRM/Pipeline Safety Management compliance needs and to ensure they are maximizing their value received when using EnerSys’ CRM Suite of software tools.  

We will be using Microsoft Teams to facilitate your participation in the upcoming event. You do not need to have an existing Teams account in order to participate in the broadcast – the course will play in your browser and you will have the option of using a microphone to speak with the room and ask questions, or type any questions in via the chat window and our on-site representative will relay your question to the instructor.

• Microsoft recommends downloading and installing the Teams app if possible. You may also use the Edge browser or Chrome.
• You will receive a separate email with a unique link to a personalized landing page which will include links to join all sessions of this event.
• If you are using a microphone, please ensure that it is muted until such time as you need to ask a question.
• The remote meeting connection will be open approximately 30 minutes before the start of the course. We encourage you to connect as early as possible in case you experience any unforeseen problems.

Please Note: This event is being conducted entirely online. All attendees will connect and attend from their computer, one connection per purchase. For details please see our FAQ

If you are unable to attend at the scheduled date and time, we make recordings available to all attendees for 7 days after the event

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Advanced Pipeline Control Room Management

January 11, 2024 | Online

Your registration may be transferred to a member of your organization up to 24 hours in advance of the event. Cancellations must be received on or before December 08, 2023 in order to be refunded and will be subject to a US $195.00 processing fee per registrant. No refunds will be made after this date. Cancellations received after this date will create a credit of the tuition (less processing fee) good toward any other EUCI event. This credit will be good for six months from the cancellation date. In the event of non-attendance, all registration fees will be forfeited. In case of conference cancellation, EUCIs liability is limited to refund of the event registration fee only. For more information regarding administrative policies, such as complaints and refunds, please contact our offices at 303-770-8800

Credits

EUCI is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer 0.7 CEUs for this event.

Requirements for Successful Completion of Program 

Participants must log in and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

Case studies, PowerPoint presentations, and classroom exercises will be used in the instruction of this course. 

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Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 8.0
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None

EUCI is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its web site: www.nasbaregistry.org

 

 

Who Should Attend 

• Immediate 
  • Control Room Managers 
  • Lead Controllers 
  • Compliance Managers 
  • Personnel working for operators who have struggled with inspections in the past
• Secondary 
  • EHS Staff 
  • SCADA Staff 
  • Field/Facility Managers 
  • Engineers