With new federal regulations on pipelines across the country set in place by PHMSA (Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration), thousands of miles of pipe 8” in diameter or larger are being called into an inspection to fit these new guidelines. Pipeline systems need to be reviewed as a whole and as individual pieces, and a logic-based consistent decision process is paramount to comply with federal regulations, to be reclassed, to be divested, or to be abandoned.