Event Summary
This course explores the relationship between regulatory compliance requirements and the API Recommended Practice 1173: Pipeline Safety Management Systems (PSMS), with an emphasis on how a strong PSMS can support, strengthen, and sustain compliance efforts across an organization.
Participants will gain an overview of how PSMS aligns with PHMSA regulations by providing a structured, systematic approach to managing risk, ensuring accountability, and improving consistency in compliance-related activities. The course highlights where PSMS complements regulatory programs, how it supports effective documentation and oversight, and how management systems help move organizations beyond minimum compliance toward continuous improvement.
The course also examines the role of leadership, engineers, compliance professionals, and PSMS personnel integrating regulatory requirements into daily decision-making and operational practices. Emphasis is placed on understanding how PSMS supports audits, inspections, corrective actions, and assurance activities, helping organizations proactively identify gaps and respond more effectively to regulatory expectations.
Attendees will receive 2 Professional Development Hours (PDH) upon completion.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the relationship between regulatory compliance requirements and the API Recommended Practice 1173.
- Describe how PSMS complements regulatory programs, how it supports effective documentation and oversight, and how management systems help move organizations beyond minimum compliance toward continuous improvement.
- Have an awareness of the role of leadership, engineers, compliance professionals, and PSMS personnel integrating regulatory requirements into daily decision-making and operational practices.
Who Should Attend
All PSMS stakeholders, leadership, compliance, engineers, general PSMS users, and new hires.
Meet the Instructor
Mark Hereth
Process Performance Improvement Consultants (PPIC)
