Continual Assessment/Evaluation Protocol Review

1. Continual Assessment/Evaluation Protocol Review Integrity Management Workshop July 23-34, 2002

2. Program Element Requirement • §452 (f) An operator must include, at minimum, each of the following elements in its written integrity management program: • (5) A continual process of assessment and evaluation to maintain a pipeline’s integrity (see paragraph (j) of this section)

3. Objectives • Verify Operator’s Commitment to Continual Assessment and Evaluation • Verify Risk-Based Process to Determine: • Future Assessment Schedules • Future Assessment Methods • Compliance with 5-Year Maximum Re-Assessment Intervals

4. Continual Assessment/Evaluation • Process • Procedures • Documentation • Institutionalization • Responsibility and Accountability

5. Continual Assessment/Evaluation • Continual Integrity Evaluations • Evaluation Frequency • Based on Risk Factors • Adequate to Ensure P/L Integrity • Consideration of Prior Integrity Information • Assessments • Risk Analyses • Remediation History

6. Continual Assessment/Evaluation • Periodic Assessments • Evaluation Frequency • Based on Risk Factors • Adequate to Ensure P/L Integrity • 5-Year Maximum Interval • Assessment Methods • Based on Same Process Used for Baseline Assessment • Consider All Applicable Risk Factors • Need to be Changed Based on Newly Identified Risk Factors

7. Continual Assessment/Evaluation • Assessment Interval Variance Requests • Engineering Basis • 270-day Notification • Strong Technical Basis • Unavailable Technology • 180-day Notification • Bona Fide Effort to Meet Schedule • Specific Reasons Why Schedule Can Not Be Met • Interim Measures for Equivalent Understanding of P/L

8. Continual Assessment/Evaluation • Expectations • Continual Assessment and Evaluation Process • Institutionalization of Continual Process • Ongoing Assurance of P/L Integrity • Basis for Variance Notifications