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DOT Technical Advisory Committees Meeting – June 14-17

We got the following heads-up from Ben Cooper at AOPL:

The next set of pipeline safety technical advisory committee meetings will be June 15-16 at the Ritz Carleton Hotel at Pentagon City in Arlington, VA. The schedule is as follows:

  • Tuesday June 14, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will hold an orientation and tour for advisory committee members arranged by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America.
  • Wednesday, June 15, the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (natural gas) will meet from 8:00 am – noon. The Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (oil) will meet from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm that same day.
  • Thursday, June 16 there will be a joint meeting of the TPSSC and the THLPSSC from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.
  • Friday, June 17, PHMSA will hold a public meeting on emergency flow valves for natural gas pipelines.