管道运营商的公众意识计划有助于提高对社区内或附近存在的管道和相关设施的认识，并向利益相关者团体提供信息，以帮助保持社区安全。本建议做法涉及开发、实施、评估、，以及与美国分销、管制传输、集输管道系统相关的管道公众意识计划的文件，根据联邦或州管道安全法规，地下储存设施需要有公众意识计划。该计划提供了最低要求，并为运营商制定公众意识计划提供了指导，该计划考虑了管道类型、释放特征、利益相关者受众、运营商活动、，以及其他可能影响项目开发和实施的因素。 本文件为运营商提供了公众意识计划要素，并说明了根据计划-执行-检查法案（PDCA）管理计划的流程，建立、实施、测量和调整计划的流程。本推荐实践解决了某些操作变更，这些变更需要基于新危害的引入进行额外沟通。RP 1162第三版以行业经验为基础，以明确利益相关者受众的定义；包括有关新危害识别的语言，要求操作员在引入新危害时通知利益相关者受众；并为合作项目添加了语言，以允许多个管道运营商协调其针对类似产品和社区的公众意识项目。 还提供了关于项目评估和评估的其他指导。

Pipeline operators' public awareness programs help raise awareness of pipelines and associated facilities that exist in or near communities and provide information to stakeholder groups to help keep communities safe.This recommended practice addresses the development, implementation, evaluation, and documentation of pipeline public awareness programs associated with systems in the United States for distribution, regulated transmission, gathering pipelines, and underground storage that are required under federal or state pipeline safety regulations to have a public awareness program.It provides minimum requirements and offers guidance to operators to develop public awareness programs that take into account the similarities and differences in pipeline types, release characteristics, stakeholder audiences, operator activities, and other factors that can influence the program's development and implementation.This document provides operators with public awareness program elements and illustrates the process for establishing, implementing, measuring, and adjusting a program, in alignment with the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) process for managing programs. This recommended practice addresses certain operational changes requiring additional communication based on the introduction of new hazards.The 3rd edition of RP 1162 builds on industry learnings to clarify definitions for stakeholder audiences; includes language regarding new hazard identification that requires operators to notify stakeholder audiences when new hazards are introduced; and adds language for cooperative programs to allow multiple pipeline operators to coordinate their public awarenessprograms for similar products and communities. Additional guidance is also provided on program assessment and evaluation.