For LNG Plant OPIDs, there are two contacts – primary and technical – that are associated with the OPID. During the review and processing
of the NPMS data submission, NPMS staff will reach out to the technical contact when clarification or re-submission is needed. If the
communication is by email, NPMS staff will often include the primary contact as well. NPMS staff will also email both primary and technical
contacts to alert the operator that the submission has passed the initial review and is progressing to the processing workflow stage.
The primary and technical contacts are also both included on the email NPMS staff sends alerting the operator that the submission data has been
incorporated into the NPMS national layer and is viewable on the PIMMA and Public Viewer map viewers.
Once the data submission has completed the entire NPMS submission workflow, if a question about the LNG plant data or OPID in general arises,
NPMS staff will reach out to the primary contact for assistance. If the communication is by email, depending on the topic, the technical
contact may also be included in the email. Additionally, the primary contact is the one to receive mass communication emails from NPMS staff
to all operators, for instance, when a change in the submission workflow or requirements has occurred (such as enhancements to
OSAVE) or when a reminder regarding submission dates is sent. Depending upon the
topic, the technical contact may also be included on the mass communication emails.
The primary contact must be directly employed by the operating company. The technical contact may be directly employed by the operating company
or may be a consultant/subcontractor that the operator designates to fill that role. In some cases, the same person that is directly employed by
the operating company may fill the role of both the primary and technical contact. Within OSAVE
the operator has the option to mark that the technical contact is the same person as the primary contact.
The LNG plant primary and technical contacts may be updated, as needed, anytime throughout the year. A submission is not required to update contact
information for an OPID. Additionally, operators are prompted to review and update, if applicable, all LNG plant contact information as part of the
NPMS submission and notification workflows. Through OSAVE, the operator can view the
current contact information and change only the information that needs to be updated. When the operator updates the primary and technical contact
information through OSAVE, the NPMS database source tables are edited directly; the operator is not editing a copy/staging table. As a result, changes
should be made with extra care. Also note that LNG plant primary and technical contact information is separate from contact information relating to
pipelines or breakout tanks. Updating the contact information for pipelines or breakout tanks does not automatically update information related to LNG plants.
Unlike pipeline submissions, there is no public contact associated with LNG plants.