On November 9, 2022, we hosted our most recent webinar in the Regulation Navigation series with Warren Miller recapping the Final Rule: Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards. To summarize our session, our team put together a list of the Top 5 Takeaways from the discussion. Check them out!
- If you as the operator have not amended definitions or added procedures, do not delay.
- Ensure that personnel planning new construction or pipeline replacement projects are aware of these new requirements for consideration.
- For valve monitoring and operation capabilities, personnel should be able to monitor and/or control a Rupture Mitigation Valve (RMV) or alternative equivalent-technology either remotely or on-site.
- Alternative equivalent technology must be capable of closing within 30 minutes of a notification of rupture, and there must be documentation to prove it.
- Operators need to show, through the risk analysis process of the integrity management plan, a review has been performed to determine if an RMV or alternative equivalent technology would be an efficient means of adding protection to a High Consequence Area (HCA) in the event of a release.
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