Interstate Natural Gas Association of America; Filing of Gas Pipeline Facility Waiver Petition

概要

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), on behalf of 28 INGAA member pipeline companies and their subsidiaries, has petitioned the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) for a waiver from compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR 192.713(a) and 192.485 to allow the installation of a proprietary composite reinforced (CR) sleeve material (Clock Spring TM manufactured by Clock Spring Company of North America, Long Beach, CA) as a full encirclement wrapped sleeve for the repair of imperfections and damages that impair the serviceability of steel transmission pipelines operating at or above 40 percent of specified minimum yield strength (SMYS). RSPA intends to grant a waiver to each of the parties represented in the petition because the use of this technology provides at least the same level of integrity as replacement pipe or installation of a full encirclement welded split sleeve.