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Assistance for Pipeline Operators

Training and Seminars
The PUC Pipeline Safety Program provides training and qualifications seminars and operator assistance visits upon request. Training may be conducted on location or at a common site for multiple operators. Types of on-location assistance include public awareness program development and gas integrity management program development; training on additional regulations is available. Call the PUC at (605) 773-3201 to inquire about training assistance from Pipeline Safety Program staff.

South Dakota/North Dakota Pipeline Safety Seminars

• Implementation of the National Registry of Pipeline and Liquefied Natural Gas Operators, issued March 9, 2012 (219 KB)
• Dangers of Abnormal Snow and Ice Build-Up on Gas Distribution Systems, issued Feb. 9, 2011 (32 KB)
• Establishing Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure or Maximum
  Operating Pressure Using Record Evidence, and Integrity Management Risk
  Identification, Assessment, Prevention, and Mitigation, issued Jan. 4, 2011 (423 KB)
• Emergency Preparedness Communications, issued Oct. 28, 2010 (51 KB)
• Personal Electronic Device Related Distractions, issued July 27, 2010 (61 KB)
• Girth Weld Quality Issues Due to Improper Transitioning, Misalignment, and Welding Practices of Large Diameter Line Pipe, issued March 18, 2010 (61 KB)
• Reporting Drug and Alcohol Test Results for Contractors and Multiple Operator Identification Numbers, issued Jan. 12, 2010 (53 KB)
• Weldable Compression Coupling Installation, issued Sept. 23, 2009 (55 KB)
• Potential Low and Variable Yield and Tensile Strength and Chemical Composition Properties in High Strength Line Pipe, issued May 14, 2009 (57 KB)
• Installation of Excess Flow Valves into Gas Service Lines, issued May 30, 2008 (61 KB)

• Incident and Accident Reports, issued March 6, 2013 (193 KB)
• Public Forum State One-Call Exemptions, issued Feb. 11, 2013 (200 KB)
• Information Collection Activities, Revision to Gas Distribution Annual Report, issued Feb. 8, 2013 (179 KB)
• Annual Reports and Validation, issued January 25, 2013 (200 KB)
• Accident and Incident Notification Time Limit, issued January 25, 2013 (196 KB)
• Reporting of Exceedances of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure, issued December 18, 2012 (198 KB)
• Random Drug Testing Rate; Contractor MIS Reporting; and Obtaining DAMIS Sign-In Information, issued November 30, 2012 (198 KB)
• Using Meaningful Metrics in Conducting Integrity Management Program Evaluations, issued Nov. 29, 2012, (223 KB)
• Notice of Public Meeting on Pipeline Data, issued Oct. 10, 2012, (197 KB)
• Communication During Emergency Situations, issued Oct. 10, 2012, (197 KB)
• Information Collection Activities, Revision to Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline
  Systems Annual Report, Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline Systems Incident Report, and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems Accident Report, issued Sept. 18, 2012, (215 KB)
• Information Collection Activities, 811 Public Service Announcement Campaign, issued Sept. 18, 2012, (198 KB)
• Information and Collection Activities, Program for Control Room Management/ Human Factors and the Integrity Management Program for Gas Distribution Pipelines, issued Aug. 21, 2012, (178 KB)
• Administrative Procedures; Updates and Technical Corrections, issued Aug. 6, 2012 (230 KB)
• Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment for Public Comment for the Longhorn Pipeline Reversal Project and Pipeline Safety: Inspection and
  Protection of Pipeline Facilities After Railway Accidents, issued July 30, 2012 (197 KB)
• Information Collection Activities, issued June 27, 2012 (126 KB)
• Notice of Public Workshop To Discuss Implementing Incorporation by Reference Requirements of Section 24 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011, issued June 15, 2012, (205 KB)
• Government/Industry Pipeline Research and Development Forum, Public Meeting, issued June 12, 2012, (196 KB)
• Requests for Special Permit, issued June 7, 2012, (197 KB)
• Mechanical Fitting Failure Reports, issued June 4, 2012, (198 KB)
• Pipeline Damage Prevention Programs - Extension of Comment Period, issued May 23, 2012, (192 KB)
• Information Collection Activities, Excess Flow Valve Census, issued May 3, 2012, (178 KB)
• Information and Collection Activities, 811 Public Service Announcement, issued May 3, 2012, (173 KB)
• Verification of Records, issued May 1, 2012, (183 KB)
• Public Comment on Leak and Valve Studies Mandated by the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011, issued March 26, 2012, (203 KB)
• Pipeline Damage Prevention Programs, issued March 26, 2012, (351 KB)
• Cast Iron Pipe (Supplementary Advisory Bulletin), issued March 20, 2012, (180 KB)
• Notice to Operators of Driscopipe^® 8000 High Density Polyethylene Pipe of the Potential for Material Degradation, issued Feb. 29, 2012 (194 KB)
• Post Accident Drug and Alcohol Testing, issued Feb. 15, 2012 (143 KB)
• Notice of Public Meetings on Improving Pipeline Leak Detection System Effectiveness and Understanding the Application of Automatic/Remote Control Valves, issued Feb. 2, 2012 (149 KB)
• Expanding the Use of Excess Flow Valves in Gas Distribution Systems to Applications Other Than Single-Family Residences, issued Jan. 30, 2012 (160 KB)
• Miscellaneous Changes to Pipeline Safety Regulations, issued Jan. 30, 2012 (160 KB)
• Implementation of the National Registry of Pipeline and Liquefied Natural Gas Operators, issued Jan. 6, 2012 (151 KB)
• Notice of Public Webinar on Implementation of Distribution Integrity Management Programs, issued Dec. 20, 2011 (151 KB)
• Drivers of CMVs: Restricting the Use of Cellular Phones, issued Nov. 22, 2011 (231 KB)
• Expanding the Use of Excess Flow Valves in Gas Distribution Systems to Applications Other Than Single-Family Residences, issued Nov. 21, 2011 (162 KB)
• Miscellaneous Changes to Pipeline Safety Regulations, issued Nov. 19, 2011 (188 KB)
• Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines, issued Nov. 3, 2011 (245 KB)
• Information Collection Activities, issued Nov. 3, 2011 (153 KB)
• Emergency Responder Forum, issued Nov. 2, 2011 (1,131 KB)
• Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines, issued Aug. 18, 2011 (245 KB)
• Potential for Damage to Pipeline Facilities Caused by Flooding, issued July 22, 2011 (184 KB)
• Control Room Management/Human Factors, issued June 10, 2011 (67 KB)
• Meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, issued
  Feb. 28, 2011(60 KB)
• Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collections, issued Jan. 31, 2011 (57 KB)
• Mechanical Fitting Failure Reporting Requirements, issued Jan. 24, 2011 (75 KB)
• Random Drug Testing Rate, issued Nov. 24, 2010 (61 KB)
• Information Collection Activities, issued Nov. 23, 2010 (58 KB)
• Updates to Pipeline and Liquefied Natural Gas Reporting Requirements, issued Nov. 9, 2010 (234 KB)
• Pipeline Safety: Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection, issued Nov. 8, 2010 (55 KB)
• Control Room Management/Human Factors, issued Sept. 10, 2010 (67 KB)
• Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs,
  issued Aug. 10, 2010 (110 KB)
• Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs,
  issued June 25, 2010 (52 KB)
• Information Collection Gas Distribution Annual Report Form, issued June 18, 2010
  (74 KB)
• Notice of Minimum Annual Percentage Rate for Random Drug Testing,
  issued Feb. 19, 2010 (66 KB)
• Control Room Management/Human Factors; Correction, issued Jan. 28, 2010 (52 KB)
• Implementation of Revised Incident/Accident Report Forms for Distribution Systems,
  Gas Transmission and Gathering Systems, and Hazardous Liquid Systems,
  issued Jan. 25, 2010 (50 KB)
• Integrity Management Program for Gas Distribution Pipelines; Correction,
  issued Jan. 28, 2010 (45 KB)
• Integrity Management Program for Gas Distribution Pipelines, Final Rule,
  issued Dec. 4, 2009 (215 KB)
• Control Room Management/Human Factors, Final Rule, issued Dec. 3, 2009 (134 KB)
• Editorial Amendments to the Pipeline Safety Regulations, Final Rule, issued Nov. 20, 2009 (77 KB)
• Distribution Integrity Management: Guidance for Master Meter and Small Liquefied Petroleum Gas Pipeline Operators, November 2009 (19 KB)
• Pipeline Damage Prevention Programs, Advance notice of proposed rulemaking,
  issued Oct. 22, 2009 (74 KB)

• 2010 Pipeline Inspection Plan memo, issued Nov. 13, 2009 (42 KB)
• Incident Procedures, issued May 29, 2009 (31 KB)