Course Overview:
The natural gas industry is facing an unprecedented level of pipeline safety regulatory activity, including expanded integrity management requirements, increased control room oversight, and enhanced incident and annual reporting obligations. Staying current with these evolving requirements is essential for maintaining compliance and ensuring safe pipeline operations.
This three-day course provides a practical overview of the pipeline safety legislative and regulatory environment for natural gas transmission, intrastate, and distribution systems. Through engaging presentations and hands-on exercises, participants gain a clear understanding of minimum federal safety standards, integrity management programs, inspection readiness, and reporting requirements.
Upon completion, participants will be better prepared to interpret regulatory requirements, support compliance activities, and confidently prepare for pipeline safety inspections across all natural gas pipeline systems.
Target Audience:
- Those with limited exposure to code compliance who want to understand the regulations relating to pipelines and what's necessary to comply
- Those with more experience who want to understand and interpret the most recent regulations and updates to earlier codes
CEU | PDH Requirements:
For this course, to receive CEU and PDH credits, users must attend each day of class, complete the course evaluation, and pass the final exam with a score of 80% or higher.
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the current pipeline safety legislative and regulatory environment
- Describe the history and evolution of natural gas pipeline safety regulations
- Differentiate the structure and roles within the natural gas industry
- Prepare for a pipeline safety inspection
- Interpret and apply the minimum federal safety standards for natural gas pipelines
- Evaluate and implement integrity and operational safety programs
When
March 3-5, 2026
T-TH 8:00am - 4:30pm (EST)
Course Format
In-person
Regional Site - New Jersey Natural Gas Freehold Training Center
1401 Fairfield
Freehold, NJ 07728 | Map
CEU 2.0 | PDH 20
Registration Cost
$1,800
Topics Covered:
- Overview of Current Pipeline Safety Legislative and Regulatory Environment
- History and Evolution of Gas Pipeline Safety Guidance and Regulations
- Structure of the Natural Gas Industry
- Preparing for a Pipeline Safety Inspection—The New Environment
- Part 191—Annual Reports, Incident Reports, and Safety-Related Condition Reports
- Part 192—Minimum Federal Safety Standards
- Minimum Federal Safety Standards—Subparts A through O
- Transmission Integrity Management Program (TIMP)
- Subpart P—Integrity Management Program for Gas Distribution (DIMP)
Digital Badge:
Earn a certificate of completion and a digital badge to display on your LinkedIn profile after successfully completing the course.
If you're registering with a company colleague (or two or more) at the same time, you can save an additional 10%. (The 10% discount applies only to two or more students taking the same class and does not apply to two students taking separate courses.) Contact us if you plan to use the team discount.
Meet Your Instructor Ray Deatherage
The Pipeline Safety Regulatory Compliance course is led by Ray Deatherage, Director of Education and Training at GTI Energy. Ray has more than 33 years of experience in the natural gas industry, including 25 years with a gas distribution utility, supporting pipeline operations, safety, and regulatory compliance.
He brings over 21 years of experience developing and delivering training programs focused on pipeline safety regulations, integrity management, inspection readiness, and compliance reporting. Ray has also participated in public utility commission audits, including preparation for inspections and responses to potential non-compliance findings.
As a former operations leader with more than two decades of supervisory experience, Ray combines real-world regulatory insight with proven instructional expertise to help participants confidently navigate today’s pipeline safety compliance environment.
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