DOT Pipeline Safety Compliance: Understanding and Applying 49 CFR Parts 190, 191 & 192

Event Summary

Pipeline compliance responsibilities extend across the entire lifecycle of a natural gas system—from materials, design and construction through operations, maintenance, integrity management and workforce qualification. For professionals responsible for these activities, understanding an individual requirement is only part of the job. The greater challenge is recognizing how DOT requirements connect across programs and how those requirements influence everyday decisions, procedures and compliance responsibilities.

This two-day DOT Compliance Workshop provides a structured examination of the federal pipeline safety requirements addressed in 49 CFR Parts 190, 191 and 192. Participants will work through the major Part 192 subparts covering materials, pipe design, pipeline components, welding, joining, construction, customer meters and service regulators and lines, corrosion control, testing, uprating, operations and maintenance.

The workshop also addresses Transmission Integrity Management, Distribution Integrity Management, Operator Qualification, Drug and Alcohol Programs and Part 191 reporting requirements. Regulatory background and the relationship between legislation, regulations, programs and procedures provide context for understanding how these requirements fit within an operator’s broader compliance responsibilities.

Led by Mark Hereth, P-PIC, the workshop gives participants two focused days to strengthen their understanding of DOT requirements, ask questions and connect regulatory expectations with the programs and activities they support in their own organizations.

What You’ll Walk Away With

Participants will be better prepared to:

• Navigate the major requirements and subparts addressed within 49 CFR Part 192
• Connect regulatory requirements with pipeline design, construction, operations and maintenance activities
• Recognize how Transmission and Distribution Integrity Management requirements fit within broader compliance responsibilities
• Understand the relationship between Operator Qualification, Drug and Alcohol Programs and operational compliance
• Connect Part 191 reporting requirements with the broader DOT compliance framework
• Identify areas where regulatory requirements affect organizational programs, procedures and day-to-day decisions
• Ask more informed questions when evaluating compliance responsibilities within their own organization
• Apply a more integrated understanding of DOT requirements when supporting pipeline safety and compliance activities

Who Should Attend

• Pipeline compliance and regulatory professionals responsible for interpreting or supporting DOT requirements
• Operations and maintenance leaders whose responsibilities are governed by Part 192 requirements
• Engineers involved in pipeline materials, design, components, construction, testing or uprating
• Integrity management professionals supporting Transmission or Distribution Integrity Management Programs
• Corrosion control, welding and joining personnel who need greater context around applicable DOT requirements
• Supervisors, managers and Operator Qualification personnel responsible for maintaining compliant programs, procedures and workforce practices

Attendees will receive 15 Professional Development Hours and the Level 2 Department of Transportation Natural Gas Pipeline Compliance Specialist digital badge from Credly upon completion.