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In Part 2, we’ll review a short overview of the “Model” Plan for OQ that’s been proposed by the NYSDPS and offering some ideas for how technology and other aspects of a third-party OQ vendor’s solution can help support the types of OQ program improvements that would be required by the NYSDPS’s proposed changes.

In February 2019, the Pipeline Safety Section within the New York State Department of Public Service (NYSDPS) published an Operator Qualification White Paper advocating that, in absence of action by PHMSA at the federal level, states should be taking action to require operators to improve their OQ programs.

Effective vendor risk management is increasingly important as global supply chains become more complex and interconnected. Organizations must manage complicated networks of outside vendors, ensuring that occupational health and safety compliance is a top priority that extends throughout their entire supply chain.

Are your workers and business protected against the potential dangers of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) exposure? It may surprise you that subjection to the toxic “sour” gas remains one of the leading causes of workplace gas inhalation deaths, and OSHA recently cited a Texas employer after H2S exposure in a confined space resulted in a fatality.