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  1. USCG/EPA Region VI Regional Response Team (RRT) 2003 Winter Meeting, January 29-30
  2. O&M Manual Up-To-Date?
  3. Decision That Nonconforming 1999 Ferrari F355 Passenger Cars Are Eligible for Importation
  4. Interested in Web-Based Compliance Management Systems?
  5. Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, and Fire Prevention Plans – OSHA Final Rule
  6. Acquiring a pipeline?
  7. PE Certification of SPCC Plans
  8. PIPELINE101 Website
  9. Misc Proposed Rules – Gas Pipelines
  10. Air Permit Needs?
  11. API Releases New Edition Of Pipeline Monitoring Standard
  12. Operator Qualification Pipeline Industry Forum January 21 and January 23, 2003
  13. Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) Web Site
  14. Correction to Hazardous Liquid Corrosion Rule
  15. Homeland Security Department Organization
  16. Advisory Bulletin: Notification of the Susceptibility To Premature Brittle-Like Cracking of Older Plastic Pipe
  17. New Pipeline Safety Legislation

Homeland Security Department Organization

The new Homeland Security Department approved by Congress on November 19, 2002 will combine 22 agencies, 170,000 employees, and run with a budget of approximately $38 billion. Headed by a Secretary of Homeland Security, it will have four main divisions, each headed by an undersecretary. The following is a complete list of the agencies moving into the new department:

Informational Analysis and Infrastructure Protection

  • Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (Dept. of Commerce);
  • Federal Computer Incident Response Center (General Services Administration);
  • National Communications System (Dept. of Defense);
  • National Infrastructure Protection Center (FBI); and,
  • National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (Dept. of Energy).

Border and Transportation Security

  • Immigration and Naturalization Service (Dept. of Justice);
  • Customs Service (Dept. of Treasury);
  • Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (Dept. of Agriculture);
  • United States Coast Guard (Dept. of Transportation);
  • Federal Protective Services Police (General Services Administration); and,
  • Transportation Security Agency (Dept. of Transportation).

Emergency Preparedness and Response

  • Federal Emergency Management Agency;
  • Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response Assets (Dept. of Health and Human Services);
  • Domestic Emergency Support Team (Interagency group);
  • Nuclear Incident Response (Dept. of Energy);
  • Office of Domestic Preparedness (Dept. of Justice); and,
  • National Domestic Preparedness Office (FBI).

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures

  • Civilian Biodefense Research Programs (Dept. of Health and Human Services);
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Dept. of Energy);
  • National Biological Weapons Defense Analysis Center (New); and,
  • Plum Island Animal Disease Center (Dept. of Agriculture).

The US Secret Service (Dept. of the treasury) is also moving to the new Department of Homeland Security, but will stand as its own entity.