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Pipeline Safety ANNOUNCEMENTS
Notice to Operators
RRC Mapping Automation Portal Available OnlineJune 12, 2025
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) has launched the RRC Mapping Automation Portal (RRC MAP). This new portal allows oil and gas and pipeline operators to enter and update real-time information about their gas facilities that are a part of the natural gas supply chain for power generation in Texas. The portal will help the RRC maintain the most up-to-date critical infrastructure information during a weather emergency.
Oil and gas and pipeline operators that receive an email from the RRC’s Critical Infrastructure Division are required to access RRC MAP and submit any information requested. The email will provide further instructions.
RRC MAP is an information gathering portal that links facilities in the natural gas supply chain from upstream production of gas and disposal of produced water to the endpoint – power plants.
Data collected via the portal is shared with the Texas Public Utilities Commission to be added to the Texas Electricity Supply Chain Map designating certain natural gas entities as critical during an energy emergency as specified in Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 3648 passed by the 87th Legislature (Regular Session). Funding for this portal was provided by the Texas Legislature.
For more information on RRC MAP, view the training presentation available on the RRC website at https://rrc.texas.gov/media/2sal0cou/rrc-map-presentation-110724.pdf.
Topics covered in the presentation include:
- RRC Access Management Process (RAMP) access, and filing agent set up,
- responding to email and certified letter notifications from the RRC,
- confirming and identifying facilities, and
- what happens when an operator fails to respond to notifications.
If you have any questions, contact the RRC’s Critical Infrastructure Division at 512-463-6737 or CID@rrc.texas.gov.
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What we do
The Oversight and Safety Division has responsibility for Alternative Fuels, Gas Services and Pipeline Safety. This reorganization in January 2015 will bring even greater efficiency and consistency to these operations within the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), allowing the agency to better serve the state.
Texas has the largest pipeline infrastructure in the nation, representing about 1/6 of the total pipeline mileage of the entire United States. Texas’ pipelines are divided into the categories of natural gas and LP-gas distribution lines, hazardous liquid and natural gas transmission lines, hazardous liquid and natural gas regulated gathering lines, intrastate production and gathering lines leaving a lease, and interstate lines. The RRC has safety responsibility over the first four categories.
Pipelines that cross between states are considered Interstate and would be under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation (DOT) - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). The PHMSA southwest regional office located in Houston covers Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The Pipeline Safety department works to enforce compliance with federal and state laws and regulations by pipeline operators. These regulatory responsibilities extend to operators of intrastate gathering, transmission, distribution, and master-metered systems. The RRC continues to lead the nation in adopting and enforcing safety rules to enhance the integrity of pipelines throughout the state.
Pipeline Safety rules administered by the RRC are adopted in the Texas Administrative Code, containing State specific requirements and incorporates by reference the minimum Federal safety standards for transportation of gas and hazardous liquids by pipeline and liquefied natural gas facilities.
The RRC also promotes and enforces an underground pipeline damage prevention program for Texas. The Pipeline Safety department is responsible for the enforcement of damage prevention regulations involving the movement of earth (excavation) surrounding pipeline facilities.
The goal of the Pipeline Safety department is to encourage an efficient, economical, and safe pipeline industry; to that end, we oversee pipeline activities to ensure compliance with state and federal safety regulations and promote public safety and awareness.
Commissioners
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Christi Craddick
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Wayne Christian
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Jim Wright
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