The National Pipeline Mapping System -- Identifying Pipeline

Segments that can Impact HCAs

www.npms.rspa.dot.gov

The National Pipeline Mapping System -- Identifying Pipeline

Segments that can Impact HCAs

www.npms.rspa.dot.gov

Steve Fischer Sam HallGIS Manager GIS AnalystUS DOT/Office of Pipeline Safety US DOT/Office of Pipeline

SafetyDPS - 11 DPS - 11 400 7th Street, S.W. 400 7th Street, S.WWashington, DC 20590 Washington, DC 20590202.366.6267 202.493.0591steven.fischer@rspa.dot.gov samuel.hall@rspa.dot.gov

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

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)

NPMS Repositories

WA

NJ

LA

AL

VAKY

IL

TX

OK

KSCA

MN

ME

ME

NationalRepository

CT

TX

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.

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.

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

The Role of the NPMS at OPS

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.

High Consequence Areas

Key Feature: IMP provides protection for OPS-defined High Consequence Areas (HCA’s).

HCA’s are geographic areas where the consequences of a pipeline release would be most adverse.

High Consequence Areas (cont.)

HCA’s are defined as:

Environmentally Unusually Sensitive Areas (USA’s) Drinking Water and Ecological

Populated Areas High Population Areas and Other Populated

Areas

Commercially Navigable Waterways

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

HCA Data (con’t)

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

HCA Data (con’t)

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

HCA Data (con’t)

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

HCA Data (con’t)

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

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

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

Option 1 - Data Download

Option 2 - GIS-Lite -- A Lightweight GIS Viewer

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.

Option 3 - NPMS Internet Mapping Application

Questions