For additional information,
contact Rhea DoBosh at (907) phone 257-1338, fax 257-1397
TAPS Oversight –
Compliance Monitoring/ Surveillances:
Verification of compliance with Stipulation 1.18.1,
Surveillance and Maintenance and Stipulation 1.21.1, Conduct of Operations at
the Valdez Marine Terminal (VMT) on the compressor lube oil reservoir in the
Compressor Building. VMT-03-S-005
Verification
of compliance with Stipulation 1.18.1, at the VMT Power House. VMT-03-S-006
Verification of selected Grant/Lease Stipulations and
the evaluation of agency permit authorizations issued for the mainline
integrity investigations performed in the Pump Station 4 area. A subsequent surveillance will address the
site restoration and erosion control at the project site.
FBU-03-S-002.
The following surveillances to verify compliance with Stipulations 1.18.1, Surveillance and Maintenance and Stipulation 1.21.1, Conduct of Operations, follow-up Alyeska’s efforts to analyze, identify, or detect deficiencies and then correct them utilizing the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) process. RCM methodology is used to identify failure management policies necessary to preserve the functions of critical TAPS systems.
Pump
room gas detection system at Pump Station 9.
FBU-03-S-014
Fire
protection system at Pump Station 4.
FBU-03-S-018
Fire
protection system at Pump Station 9.
FBU-03-S-005, 006, 007, 011, 012, 013, 019,
020, 024, and 025.
Pump
Station 5 pipeline tanks. FBU-03-2-004
and 008, 009, and 010.
Backpressure
control valves and pressure relief system in the VMT East Metering. VMT-03-S-008 and 009.
Three
surveillances were performed at Pump Station 5 on the following:
·
Crude tank –
valves. FBU-03-S-015
·
Hydraulic skid –
piping and electrical system.
FBU-03-S-016
·
Hydraulic skid –
mainline pumps and drivers.
FBU-03-S-017
Kenai-Kachemak
Pipeline:
A few updates from last week’s construction monitoring
follows:
·
With the exception
of pipe associated with horizontal directional drilling, the entire pipeline is
buried.
·
Crews were cleaning
and dressing up the right-of-way in areas where pipe installation was complete.
·
Milepost signs were
being placed at one-mile intervals along the right-of-way.
JPO People on
the Move:
Jim Lusher, JPO Operations Manager, will be
moving on to a position with BLM in Oregon some time this summer.
Media:
The Fairbanks Daily News Miner requested
information related to TAPS strategic reconfiguration.
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Check out JPO’s homepage at http://www.jpo.doi.gov.
The Joint Pipeline Office is a consortium of six State and six Federal agencies with oversight responsibilities for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and other oil and gas pipelines in Alaska. The JPO came into existence in 1990 and stemmed from a cooperative effort by the Bureau of Land Management and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.