The Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC) also known as the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, and the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC) also known as the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee met on August 8-9, 2013 in joint session to discuss a variety of topics to keep committee members up-to-date on DOT’s pipeline safety program. Attendees were given updates on the “State of the Pipeline Safety Program”, US Energy outlook, status of numerous action items from Congress and the NTSB, PHMSA / OPS regulatory agenda, development of an industry Recommended Practice on Safety Management Systems, OPA-90 spill response planning requirements, gas and liquid industry performance metric study teams, gas transmission annual report results, planned upgrades to the National Pipeline Mapping system, and more. Presentations will be available on the meeting Web site and posted in the E-Gov Website at www.regulations.gov in docket number PHMSA-2013-0156 within 30 days following the meeting.

Additional information can be found on the PHMSA website.