RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS Mapping Requirements Processing T4

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS Mapping Requirements & Processing T-4 Forms Pipeline Safety Division Lori Mireles - Mapping Requirements

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS Mapping Requirements Pipeline Safety Division Lori Mireles

Presentation Overview • Digital and Hard Copy Submission Requirements • How to Avoid Digital Data Rejections by Exploding the Data • Projections • Helpful Resources • Steps to Search Pipeline Permits

Pipeline Mapping • Digital Submissions Pipeline Safety – Mapping – Digital Submissions • Steps to Set up an FTP account (File Transfer Protocol) The software that enables files to be transmitted over data lines from one computer to another • Submit Email to Request an FTP Account Email should contain: FTP Request Contact Person and Title Company Name Address Phone Number • Sample Email to Request an FTP Account Email should be sent to: tpms@rrc. state. tx. us

Pipeline Mapping • Steps to Instructions for Submitting and Receiving Digital Data via FTP • Instructions for Submitting Digital Lower case “t” Maximum of 8 characters Required files: . shp, . dbf, . shx and. prj • Sample Email for an FTP Submission Subject: Pipeline operator name Body: Operator Name and Address Type of Submission Type of Datum T-4 Permit/Mapping Contact

Pipeline Mapping • Steps to Attribute Definitions • Attribute Definitions Be sure to add all the *Required Fields in Red A T-4 Amend code should be listed for each line segment • Steps to Commodity List • Commodity List Commodity Description (Butane/Butylene), Commodity (HVL), Systype (Q) • Steps to Vendor List • Vendor List Software Vendor List for Submitting Digital Data All vendors on this list have been approved to submit the required data

Pipeline Mapping • Steps to Hard Copy Map Submissions • Hard Copy Submission Requirements 7. 5 minute USGS Quad – 24 X 29 in. – 1 to 24, 000 scale Operator name T-4 Permit Number System names Counties Date created Numbered quads T-4 Permit/Mapping contact person and phone number Maps should have this essential information: Coordinates, Quad Name Border notation, County/State Line, City Name/Limits, Roads & Map Scale, One permit per Map

Pipeline Mapping Labeling Pipelines (Option 1) – Label diameters, Specify multiple lines using same R. O. W. , Use. T 4 amendment codes to color code pipelines. Labeling Pipelines (Option 2) – Highlight all changes, Mark intersections/attributes with a dot. Identify the change. • Sample Email to Request Digital Data Operator name and Address T-4 Permit number Contact information • Sample Email from RRC to Operator The name of the file to download is p 04152014_1. tar. gz Extracted data for t 4 permit 09999 • Retrieving Data from the Railroad Commission Original FTP instructions *See Instructions for DOS FTP for visual reference of instructions

Pipeline Mapping How to Avoid Digital Data Rejections by Exploding the Data Explode your Data using Advanced Editing T

How to set up Advanced Editing Tools

Identifying Multi-Part Features

Identifying Multi-Part Features Explode Multi-Part Feature

Identifying Multi-Part Features Update your shape file with these new changes You are now ready to send your digital to the FTP site

Projections • Wrong Projection UTM/State Plane Projection • Correct Projection Geographic Coordinate System • Check your Coordinates Verify your coordinates at the bottom of your window.

Pipeline Mapping • Steps to Public GIS Map Viewers Enhanced Public GIS Viewer Legacy Public GIS Viewer • Steps to Data Online Research Queries Steps to Search T-4 Pipeline Permits - Enter your permit number – Click on Search Go down to Actions – View this document – Documents appear • Steps to Print T-4 Pipeline Permits Click on Download to print all pages Click on Download Page to print page of interest only Additional Helpful Information: Instructions for using FTP Software – FTP Password for Sending and Retrieving Digital Data – Instructions for DOS FTP - FAQ’s

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS T-4 Permitting Pipeline Safety Division Bruce Waterman

Permitting Rules • • • If a pipeline leaves the lease… Regulated and Non-Regulated lines Permits may have only one fluid… Pipeline should be continuous… Permits should be amended… If pipelines are regulated…

Permitting Pipelines

Permitting Pipelines

Pipeline Permitting & Mapping Standards

Pipeline Permitting & Mapping Standards

Pipeline Permitting Forms

Pipeline Permitting Forms • PS-48 form needed 30 days before construction starts • 24 hour notice for any lines over 100 ppms of H 2 S

New Construction Report •

Pipeline Permitting • Forms T-4 needed for any amendment except cancellation of a permit • T-4 B pipeline transfer needed for: • • • Change of operator (A sells to B) Operator name change (ABC LP becomes ABC LLC) Partial transfer to another operator • T-4 C permit renewal form • Annual renewal with NO changes to the pipeline system. • T-4 A is “the permit”.

ABC Pipeline Company 223456 Jane Smith Pipeline Company P. O. Box 234 Austin, TX 78701 X T 4 X X X Hydrogen X X X X X Mark Smith 6/10/13 Mark Smith

Pipeline Permitting Forms • PS 8000 A form needed for: 1. A new permit 2. Mileage being added to permit 3. When requested by RRC

ABC Pipeline Company 20. 00 ABC Pipeline System Refined Products X 20. 00 12. 75 0. 38 X 52 FBE 09000 X 1 Travis P S 8 0 0 0 A

ABC Pipeline Company X Jane Wilson 123 Operating Company X John Smith Pipeline Company 5 miles Hydrogen John Smith T 4 B

Sample Cover Letters & Overview Maps

Kristi Schulz ------- (512)463 -7090 Contact Information Operators A-D (plus Enbridge & Enterprise) Bruce Waterman----- (512)463 -3046 Operators E-L (plus Copano) Brent Mosby ------- (512) -463 -6519 Operators M-Z Digital Submissions Lori Mireles -------- (512) -463 -7032 Colby Broadway----- (512)-

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