The National Pipeline Mapping System -- Identifying Pipeline Segments that can Impact HCAs www.npms.rspa.dot.gov

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The National Pipeline Mapping System --
Identifying Pipeline Segments that can Impact
HCAswww.npms.rspa.dot.gov

• Steve Fischer Sam Hall
• GIS Manager GIS Analyst
• US DOT/Office of Pipeline Safety US DOT/Office of
  Pipeline Safety
• DPS - 11 DPS - 11
• 400 7th Street, S.W. 400 7th Street, S.W
• Washington, DC 20590 Washington, DC 20590
• 202.366.6267 202.493.0591
• steven.fischer_at_rspa.dot.gov samuel.hall_at_rspa.dot.
  gov

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What is the NPMS?

• A GIS created by OPS in cooperation with
  government and industry
• Natural gas transmission and hazardous liquid
  pipelines LNG facilities
• Geospatial data, attribute data, and metadata
• A voluntary initiative

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The NPMS Model

• Repositories
• National Repository in Alexandria, Virginia
• 14 state repositories
• Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois,
  Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota,
  New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington
• New repositories are solicited through the
  Commerce Business Daily (CBD)

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NPMS Repositories
ME
WA
ME
MN
CT
NJ
IL
National Repository
VA
KS
CA
KY
OK
AL
TX
TX
LA
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NPMS Repositories (cont.)

• State repositories collect data for pipelines
  within their state boundaries.
• The National Repository collects data for states
  without repositories and incorporates state
  repository data into a seamless national dataset.

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The NPMS Model (cont.)

• Standards
• Operator Standards
• describe how operators can participate in the
  NPMS
• Repository Standards
• describe the operations of the National
  Repository and the state repositories
• Both sets of standards may be downloaded from the
  NPMS website.

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Status of the NPMS

• As of July 1, 2001, the NPMS contains
• 86 of hazardous liquid pipelines
• 42 of natural gas transmission pipelines
• 56 of all pipelines being collected

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The Role of the NPMS at OPS
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Integrity Management Program IMP - Rulemaking

• Pipeline Integrity Management in High
  Consequence Areas Hazardous Liquid Operators
  with 500 or More Miles
• Objective To improve pipeline safety through new
  requirements for testing, integrated evaluation
  of risk information, improved federal/state
  oversight of integrity management plans, and
  enhanced communication to communities.

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High Consequence Areas

• Key Feature IMP provides protection for
  OPS-defined High Consequence Areas (HCAs).
• HCAs are geographic areas where the consequences
  of a pipeline release would be most adverse.

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High Consequence Areas (cont.)

• HCAs are defined as
• Environmentally Unusually Sensitive Areas (USAs)
• Drinking Water and Ecological
• Populated Areas
• High Population Areas and Other Populated Areas
• Commercially Navigable Waterways

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HCA Data

• Unusually Sensitive Areas
• Drinking Water -- current states -- CA, IL, KS,
  LA, MO, MT, NM, OK, TX, and WY
• Current states contain approximately 70-75 of
  hazardous liquid pipeline mileage
• Goal to complete Drinking Water USAs by February
  2002
• Available for download from the NPMS Web site

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HCA Data (cont)

• Unusually Sensitive Areas
• Ecological -- current states -- CA, CO, DE, IA,
  IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE,
  NM, OH, OK, SD, TX, VT, and WY
• Current states contain approximately 85-90 of
  hazardous liquid pipeline mileage
• Goal to complete Drinking Water USAs by February
  2002
• Operator must request the data through OPS

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HCA Data (cont)

• Populated Areas
• High Population Areas (HPAs)
• 1990 US Census defined Urbanized Areas
• 2000 US Census Urbanized Areas available in 3rd
  quarter 2001
• HPAs updated by January 2002 (if Census completes
  Urbanized Areas by anticipated date)
• Available for download from the NPMS Web site

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HCA Data (cont)

• Populated Areas
• Other Populated Areas (OPAs)
• 1990 US Census defined Census Designated Places
  (CDPs)
• 2000 US Census CDPs available in 3rd
  quarter 2001 (if Census completes CDPs by
  anticipated date)
• OPAs updated by January 2002
• Available for download from the NPMS Web site

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HCA Data (cont)

• Commercially Navigable Waterways (CNWs)
• National Waterway Network created by various
  agencies including US Coast Guard and US Army
  Corps of Engineers
• Identifies only waterways that support large
  commercial traffic
• Available for download from the NPMS Web site

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Additional Data Layers (non-IMP)

• Additional data currently available
• Earthquake, hurricane, flood, and landslide
  hazard indexes
• State/County boundaries
• U.S. DOT BTS National Transportation Atlas Data

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Data Analysis Optionswww.npms.rspa.dot.gov

• Data download for use with operator in-house GIS
• GIS-lite - an alternative solution for operators
  without GIS capabilities
• OPS developed Internet mapping application

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Option 1 - Data Download
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Option 2 - GIS-Lite -- A Lightweight GIS Viewer
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GIS-Lite

• System Requirements
• Windows Edition
• ArcExplorer 2 works on Windows 98/2000/NT
  operating systems.
• Java Edition
• ArcExplorer 3.1 can be installed on a Windows NT,
  Windows 98, Windows 2000, Solaris, or AIX
  operating system. ArcExplorer 3.1 works with
  ArcSDE 3.x, ArcSDE 8.0.2, and ArcSDE 8.1.

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Option 3 - NPMS Internet Mapping Application
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