2008 NPA Pipeline Operator Guide - Region 5/6

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SOURCEGAS DISTRIBUTION LLC 370 Van Gordon St., Suite 4000 Lakewood, CO 80228 Phone: 1-303-243-3400 Website: www.sourcegas.com PRODUCT OFFERINGS: • NATURAL GAS SourceGas has transmission, distribution, storage, and gathering in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. The transmission mileage total is over 2500 miles and the distribution total is over 9000 miles. Distribution serves over 250,000 customers in three states. C O M M I T M E N T T O S A F E T Y, H E A LT H & E N V I R O N M E N T 24-HOUR EMERGENCY CONTACT: 1-800-563-0012 NEBRASKA COUNTIES OF OPERATION: Adams Antelope Banner Boone Box Butte Brown Buffalo Cedar Chase Cheyenne Clay Cuming Custer Dawes Dawson Deuel Dundy Fillmore Franklin Frontier Furnas Gage Garden Garfield Gosper Greeley Hall Hamilton Harlan Hitchcock Holt Howard Jefferson Kearney Keith Kimball Knox Lincoln Madison Merrick Morrill Nance Nuckolls Perkins Phelps Pierce Platte Polk Red Willow Rock Saline Scotts Bluff Seward Sheridan Sherman Stanton Souix Thayer Valley Wayne Webster York Changes may occur. Contact the operator to discuss their pipeline systems and counties of operation. SourceGas safety policy in terms of P/L & API 1162 • SourceGas is committed to public safety, protection of the environment, and operation of its facilities in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations. The SourceGas pipelines fall under the regulatory oversight of PHMSA and applicable state agencies. The company is proud of its safety record and follows many regulations and procedures to monitor and ensure the integrity of its pipelines. The SourceGas Public Awareness Program was developed to raise the general public’s awareness regarding the safety of pipeline operations. We believe this program is vital to the safe operation of our pipelines and that an informed public along our pipeline routes will help to reduce the likelihood and potential impact of pipeline emergencies and releases. SourceGas’s Public Awareness Program satisfies the requirements of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act (PSIA) of 2002 and the revised regulatory requirements of 49 CFR Parts 192, 195 and the American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice (RP) 1162. • Pipeline operating conditions are monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by personnel in our Lakewood Gas Control Center using a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) computer system. This electronic surveillance system gathers such data as pipeline pressures, volume and flow rates, the status of compressor stations and valves. Whenever operating conditions change, an alarm warns the operator on duty and the condition is investigated. Both automated and manual valves are strategically placed along the pipeline system to enable the pipeline to be shutdown immediately and sections to be isolated quickly, if necessary. • Visual inspections of SourceGas’s pipeline right-ofway are conducted by air and/or ground on a regular basis. The right-of-way is a narrow strip of land reserved for the pipeline. Above ground marker signs are displayed along the right-of-way to alert the public and contractors to the existence of the pipeline. • Internal inspections are conducted periodically by passing sophisticated computerized equipment called “smart pigs” through most of our pipelines to confirm the wall thickness of the pipe. • Cathodic protection is a technology designed to protect pipelines from external corrosion through the use of an electrostatic current. The small electrical charge is applied to our pipelines, which have an external protective coating. • SourceGas’s public education program is designed to prevent third-party damage to its pipelines. Additionally, the company is a member of “callbefore-you-dig” programs or “one-call” systems in the three state area, which are designed to help the public, contractors and others identify the location of pipelines before excavation or digging projects to prevent damage to pipelines and protect the public. The leading cause of pipeline accidents is third-party damage caused by various types of digging and excavation activities. • Emergency preparedness and planning measures are in place at SourceGas in the event that a pipeline incident occurs. The company also works closely with local emergency response organizations to educate them regarding our pipelines and how to respond in the unlikely event of an emergency. Pipelines are the most efficient and safest method by which to transport and deliver natural gas and they are inherently safer than other modes of transportation such as rail, barge and truck. While the amount of natural gas being used in the U. S. continues to increase dramatically, the industry's safety performance in recent years has improved significantly and serious accidents are rare. Pipelines help ensure a plentiful supply of natural gas to heat homes and businesses and generate electricity. There are well over one million miles of natural gas and product pipelines in the U. S.
Contact Us: Nebraska Pipeline Association Phone: 1-888-383-8324 www.nebraskapipeline.com Copyright 2006 CeleritasWorks, LLC. This operator guide represents only the pipeline operators that participate in the Nebraska Pipeline Association. There may be additional operators in Nebraska that are not listed in this guide. 06/08-B1 - Rev 1
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