Pipeline Operator Seminars
CPUC PIPELINE OPERATOR SAFETY SEMINARS
The California Public Utilities Commission and the US DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration host Safety Seminars regularly for natural gas and LPG pipeline operators in California.
Below are links to the slides and videos of the presentations given at past seminars.
2025 State Hosted Pipeline Safety Seminar
Held on Tuesday August 19 - Thursday August 21, 2025 at The Junipero Serra Building: 320 West 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
- Agenda
- August 19 (Large Operators and Municipal Operators)
- August 20 and 21 (Master-Meter Operators and Small LPG Operators)
- Slide Decks for August 19, 2025 (Large Operators and Municipal Operators)
- Rules and Regulations Update
- Valves Mitigation Rules
- Transmission Integrity Management Program (TIMP)
- Operator Qualification (OQ) Program
- Distribution Integrity Management Program (DIMP)
- Damage Prevention
- Public Awareness
- Damage Prevention Pilot Program (SoCal Gas Presentation)
- Managing Agricultural Dig-Ins (PG&E Presentation)
- Renewable Natural Gas “Sustainability in Action” (SWG Presentation)
- Mobilehome Park Utility Conversion Program
- Slide Decks for August 20 and 21, 2025 (Master-Meter Operators and Small LPG Operators)
- Rules and Regulations Update
- Operation and Maintenance & Emergency Plan
- Overpressure Protection Refresher (§§192.201 and 192.743)
- Operator Qualification (OQ) Program
- Distribution integrity management program (DIMP) for Propane
- Damage Prevention
- Public Awareness
- Mobilehome Park Utility Conversion Program
- Useful Documents and Links
- Guidelines for Mobile Home Park Natural Gas Systems - Preparing Operation and Maintenance Plan, Emergency Plan, and Operator Qualification Program (updated January 2024)
- Lineamientos para la Preparación del Plan de Operación y Mantenimiento, Plan de Emergencia y Programa de Calificación de Operadores para Sistemas de Gas Natural en Parques de Viviendas Móviles (Enero de 2024)
- Guidelines for Propane Gas Systems - Preparing Operation and Maintenance Plan, Emergency Plan, Operator Qualification Program and Distribution Integrity Management Program (updated January 2024)
- Lineamientos para la Preparación del Plan de Operación y Mantenimiento, Plan de Emergencia, Programa de Calificación de Operadores y Programa de Gestión de la Integridad de la Distribución de Sistemas de Gas Propano. (Enero de 2024)
2022 State Hosted Pipeline Safety Seminar
Held on Tuesday August 9 - Thursday August 11, 2022 at the DGS Building; 2550 Mariposa Mall, Room 1036 (Main Auditorium), Fresno, CA 93721
- Agenda
- August 9, 2022 (Large Operators and Municipal Operators)
- August 10 and 11, 2022 (Master-Meter Operators and Small LPG Operators)
- Slide Decks for August 9, 2022 (Large Operators and Municipal Operators)
- Slide Decks for August 10 and 11, 2022 (Master-Meter Operators and Small LPG Operators)
- Presentation Videos (August 11, 2022)
- To play the entire YouTube Playlist of Presentations, click HERE, or choose from the presentations below:
- Welcome Presentation
- Regulations Update
- Update to MHP Utility Conversion Program
- Operations and Maintenance Plans, Emergency Plans, and Record Keeping
- Operator Qualification - Subpart N
- Public Awareness and Damage Prevention
- DIMP (for Propane Operators)
- Useful Documents and Links
- Gas Transmission Integrity Management FAQs (Final update; August 26, 2021)
- PHMSA Mega Rule Phase 2, regarding IMP, HCAs, and CP
- Pipeline Safety: Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards
- Guidelines for Mobile Home Park Natural Gas Systems - Preparing Operation and Maintenance Plan, Emergency Plan, and Operator Qualification Program (updated January 2022)
- Guidelines for Propane Gas Systems - Preparing Operation and Maintenance Plan, Emergency Plan, Operator Qualification Program and Distribution Integrity Management Program (updated January 2022)
2019 State Hosted PHMSA Training and Qualification Seminar for Gas Operators (Master Meter - LPG)
- When: Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Where: CPUC Auditorium, 505 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102
- Agenda
- Registration
- Presentation Videos