Association News

Pipeline & Gas Journal, Oct, 2000

Gas Technology Institute (GTI) has introduced a new monthly online newsletter designed to keep the U.S. natural gas industry up to date on environmental and safety legislation and regulations. Environmental Reg UPDATE assembles in one source the latest developments in regulations, court decisions, and legislative trends concerning the natural gas industry. A new edition of UPDATE appears on the GTI website each month at www.gastechnology. org/pub/news/envregupdate. Past issues are also archived on the site.

As part of the New England Gas Association's Phase III Operator Qualification compliance initiative, the OQ task force is in the process of forming five new Qualification Development Teams. They are: Corrosion--Remedial Measures; Measurement & Control--Odorization; Measurement & Control--Compressor Stations and Transmission Lines; Abnormal Operating Conditions/Properties of Natural Gas. The teams will propose qualification requirements for their respective covered tasks as defined by the regulations and previously agreed upon by member companies. Team proposals will include specific test requirements, questions, and training outlines.

Of the 69 identified covered tasks, the Phase I and Phase II teams addressed 53 with the remaining 16 covered tasks to be addressed in Phase III. The teams are expected to include LDC content experts and, when appropriate, transmission company experts, consultants, contractors, regulatory representatives, union personnel and manufacturer representatives.