# Pipeline integrity management software that knows which segment is due, on what interval and what the last tool run left open

> Pipeline integrity management is the program an operator runs over pipe that could affect a high consequence area: identifying those segments, assessing them on a schedule, analyzing the results against everything else known about the line, and remediating what is found inside stated deadlines. The intervals are written down. 49 CFR 195.452 sets hazardous liquid reassessment at five year intervals not to exceed 68 months, and 49 CFR 192.939 caps gas transmission reassessment at 7 calendar years. Neurobird holds the segment, the assessment and the repair clock on one record.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/integrity/
- Product: Neurobird Pipeline Integrity Management Compliance Platform
- Niche: pipeline integrity management
- Buyer: hazardous liquid and gas transmission operators
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-22

## What Neurobird Pipeline Integrity Management does

- Hold the covered segment list and the annual verification that keeps it current
- Run the discovery clock from the assessment date, not from the day the report was opened
- Grade each anomaly into its immediate, 60 day or 180 day class and watch the date
- Track reassessment against the 68 month and 7 calendar year outside limits

## How it works

1. **Define the segment** Why the segment is covered, which high consequence area it could affect, and the risk factors behind its place in the assessment schedule, kept where an auditor can follow the reasoning.
2. **Run the assessment** Method, date and vendor recorded against the segment, with the anomaly list loaded, so the discovery clock starts on the assessment date rather than on the day of a review meeting.
3. **Close the condition** Each anomaly carries its repair class, its deadline, the pressure reduction if one was taken, and the evidence that closed it, so an audit becomes a query rather than an excavation.

## From the source material

> An operator must take prompt action to address all anomalous conditions in the pipeline that the operator discovers through the integrity assessment or information analysis.

Source: 49 CFR 195.452, hazardous liquid integrity management, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/195.452

## Industry context

- **68 months** Outside limit on the five year intervals an operator must establish for continually assessing line pipe that could affect a high consequence area, with priority set by the risk the pipe poses to that area. (source: PHMSA 49 CFR 195.452, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/195.452)
- **180 days** Time after an assessment within which an operator must obtain enough information about a condition to determine that it exists. If that is impracticable, the operator must notify PHMSA and give an expected date. (source: PHMSA 49 CFR 195.452, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/195.452)
- **60 days** Deadline from discovery for evaluating and remediating a dent on the top of the pipeline deeper than 3 percent of the diameter, or any bottom side dent showing metal loss, cracking or a stress riser. (source: PHMSA 49 CFR 195.452, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/195.452)
- **80 percent** Metal loss of nominal wall that is an immediate repair condition regardless of dimensions. Where no suitable remaining strength method can be identified, the operator must cut operating pressure by at least 20 percent until the anomaly is repaired. (source: PHMSA 49 CFR 195.452, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/195.452)
- **15 months** Outside limit on the annual verification of the risk factors used to identify which segments could affect a high consequence area, after which the endpoints have to be established again. (source: PHMSA 49 CFR 195.452, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/195.452)
- **7 calendar years** Maximum reassessment interval for a covered gas transmission segment by any allowable method, with a 6 month extension available only on written justification submitted to the Office of Pipeline Safety. (source: PHMSA 49 CFR 192.939, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/192.939)

## Pricing

- Small operator: $450 per month
- Operator: $1,250 per month
- Multi system: $2,900 per month

## Questions

### What is pipeline integrity management?

It is the program an operator runs over pipe that could affect a high consequence area: identifying covered segments, assessing them on a schedule, analyzing the results against everything else known about the line, and remediating what is found. 49 CFR 195.452 covers hazardous liquid and subpart O of part 192 covers gas transmission.

### What are the reassessment intervals?

For hazardous liquid, five year intervals not to exceed 68 months under 49 CFR 195.452. For gas transmission, a maximum of 7 calendar years under 49 CFR 192.939, with a 6 month extension only on written justification to the Office of Pipeline Safety.

### When does the repair clock start?

At discovery, not at assessment. Discovery is the point where the operator has enough information to determine that a condition exists, and 49 CFR 195.452 requires that no later than 180 days after the assessment unless PHMSA is notified otherwise.

### Does this replace our inspection vendor's analysis?

No. The vendor keeps the tool run and the sizing. This holds the segment, the dates, the repair class each anomaly falls into and the evidence that closed it, which is the part an audit actually asks to see.

### How is a high consequence area defined for liquid lines?

49 CFR 195.450 defines it to include a commercially navigable waterway, a high population area, and an other populated area as defined and delineated by the Census Bureau, along with unusually sensitive areas.

## Sources

- [49 CFR 195.452, hazardous liquid integrity management](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/195.452)
- [49 CFR 195.450, definitions](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/195.450)
- [49 CFR 192.939, required reassessment intervals](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/192.939)
- [49 CFR 192.911, elements of an integrity management program](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/192.911)
- [49 CFR 192.917, identifying and evaluating potential threats](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/192.917)
- [49 CFR 192.921, baseline assessment methods](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/192.921)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/