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3 January 2008
[Federal Register: January 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 1)]
[Notices]
[Page 223]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr02ja08-97]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket ID PHMSA-RSPA-2003-15852]
Pipeline Safety: Workshop on Public Awareness Programs for
Pipeline Operators and Location of Line Markers
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice of workshop.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA will host a workshop to provide stakeholders with an
update on public awareness programs for pipeline operators and to
discuss the location of line markers. On the first day, PHMSA will
share the findings from its review of written public awareness
programs. The workshop will also include discussion of potential
revisions to the first edition of the American Petroleum Institute
(API) Recommended Practice (RP) 1162. Pipeline operators will also
share some lessons learned from their implementation of public
awareness programs based on RP 1162. On the second day, PHMSA will lead
a discussion on the location of line markers.
DATES: The workshop will be held on February 20-21, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Hotel Derek, 2525 West Loop
South, Houston, TX 77027. Hotel reservations under the Department of
Transportation room block can be made at (713) 297-4323. The meeting
room will be posted at the hotel on the day of the workshop.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blaine Keener at (202) 366-0970, or by
e-mail at blaine.keener@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Registration: Members of the public may
attend this free workshop. To register for a workshop, select Public
Awareness and Pipeline Marker Workshop from http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/.
Hotel reservations must be made by
contacting the hotel directly.
Web Casting: The part of the workshop on public awareness programs
will be web cast and available for viewing for two months after the
workshop. The web cast will be accessible at http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/PublicAwarenessWorkshops.htm
.
Background on public awareness programs: Between August 8, 2006,
and October 15, 2007, pipeline operators submitted 1,568 public
awareness programs to PHMSA for a centralized review. Public awareness
programs are required by 49 CFR 192.616 and 49 CFR 195.440 to improve
awareness of pipeline safety with four stakeholder audiences: the
affected public, emergency officials, local public officials, and
excavators. These regulations require operators to follow the guidance
of API RP 1162, Public Awareness Programs for Pipeline Operators, First
Edition, December 2003.
The review examined each program to determine whether it followed
the recommendations of API RP 1162. Aspects of the program that
deviated from the recommendation in API RP 1162 were sent to the
appropriate pipeline safety agency or agencies for resolution with the
pipeline operator. PHMSA will present summary statistics from the
centralized review of the programs.
The API typically publishes new editions of recommended practices
every five years. The workshop will include discussion about potential
revisions to API RP 1162 for the second edition.
The recommendations in API RP 1162 have led some pipeline operators
to develop new and innovative approaches to improving pipeline safety
awareness among the stakeholder audiences. The workshop will provide
pipeline operators with an opportunity to share lessons learned from
implementing new ideas.
Background on line markers: The pipeline safety regulations require
the use of line markers to alert the public as to the presence of
buried pipelines. The regulation applicable to gas pipelines is found
at 49 CFR 192.707. The regulation applicable to hazardous liquid
pipelines is found at 49 CFR 195.410. The workshop will include
discussion about the appropriate interval between markers and
conditions which make it impractical to use markers.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 21, 2007.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. E7-25433 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]
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