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September 3, 2025
July 1, 2025 Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – Public Awareness – Other Languages
One of my common findings when inspecting public awareness plans was a lack of specificity regarding other language parameters in […]
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Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – June 2, 2025
Jeeping (holiday -coating void- detection) voltages used to detect holidays in pipe coating prior to lowering in newly constructed pipe […]
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Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – 5-1-2025
PHMSA field inspections of breakout tanks typically include a check for a 1 % slope away from the tank bottom […]
Read full tipJune 21, 2025
Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – April 1, 2025
The term nominal diameter is used with different meanings in different parts of pipeline code. Be careful you understand the […]
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Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – March 3, 2025
Website: https://solempipelinesafetyconsulting.com/ Recording as found and as left pressures as well as setpoints during pressure relief valve testing is required […]
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Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – February 3, 2025
At least through the 2024 PHMSA inspection forms, the hazardous liquids IMP questions had a section of facilities (see definition […]
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Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – January 2, 2025
Class location code in 192.5 states: 192.5 Class locations. (a) This section classifies pipeline locations for purposes of this part. […]
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Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – November 1, 2024
PHMSA and state pipeline safety inspectors are taught to review overpressure protection test records for all inputs to a natural […]
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Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – December 2, 2024
One of the more confusing issues for small hazardous liquids operators is compliance with PHMSA required emergency plans. For oil […]
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Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – October 1, 2024
Website: https://solempipelinesafetyconsulting.com/ One of the most common and easily preventable findings I encountered while a PHMSA inspector was plugged […]
Read full tipSeptember 3, 2024
Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – Sept 3, 2024 – Solem Pipeline Safety Consulting, LLC
Website: https://solempipelinesafetyconsulting.com/ In 2022 – my last year with PHMSA – I inspected a midwestern natural gas transmission operator who […]
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Pipeline Safety Tip of the Month – August 1, 2024
Over my career I have reviewed operations and maintenance (O&M) manuals for over 150 operators. Some of the features of […]
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