Why is it important that operators know the specific characteristics of high consequence areas their pipelines can affect?
Operators need to know the characteristics of HCAs that their pipeline can affect to make decisions required by the integrity management rule. For example, the type of HCA can affect the consequences of a leak or rupture, and thus affect the relative risk ranking of a segment. The type of HCA, or even the specific ecological resource involved in a USA, could affect decisions regarding preventive and mitigative measures.
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