How is risk assessment and data integration conducted in performance-based programs expected to differ from that in a prescriptive approach?
All programs must include risk assessment and data integration. For performance-based programs, OPS expects that the approaches used for these elements will be more thorough, complete, and mature than those used in prescriptive programs. Performance-based operators must have: “A comprehensive process for risk analysis” (criterion i of 192.913(b)(1)). The risk assessment should be a tool that is actively used in all aspects of the integrity management program, well beyond prioritizing segments for inspection. Use of risk analyses and risk-based information should be ingrained in the management decision-making process for safety decisions. “All risk factor data used to support the program” (criterion ii). This reflects the requirement of Section 4.1 of ASME/ANSI B31.8S that operators must have sufficient data, of appropriate quality, in order to implement a performance-based approach. Operators who lack data of sufficient quality, and who, for example, substitute conservative assumptions
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