The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published final regulations on December 3, 2009, for control room management (CRM). These regulations were the result of efforts to address concerns of the National Transportation Safety Board related to human factor issues in pipeline control rooms, and in response to specific requirements in the PIPES Act (2006) requiring PHMSA to have pipeline operators establish a human factors management plan. In the preamble to the rulemaking, PHMSA stated the purpose and scope...

Article authored by McAfee & Taft Attorney: Chris Paul.