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  1. Conducting Activities in the Vicinity of Offshore Pipelines
  2. PHMSA Administrator Confirmed
  3. Washington State – Land Use Near Existing Pipelines Report
  4. Will your SPCC Plan pass an EPA inspection based on the new SPCC Inspectors’ Guidance document?
  5. Technical Advisory Committee Meetings – Workshops
  6. B31Q Status
  7. Public Awareness Program Submittal
  8. Summary of PHMSA Enforcement Actions
  9. The Role of Pipelines and Pipeline Research
  10. Hazardous Liquid Annual Report 7000-1.1
  11. Need to Update Your Current Operator Qualification Program?
  12. Petroleum Gathering Lines – Rulemaking Schedule
  13. API/AOPL submit recommendations for High Volume, Low Stress liquid pipelines

Technical Advisory Committee Meetings – Workshops

Dockets: PHMSA-98-4470 / PHMSA-2004-18938 / PHMSA-2004-18584

PHMSA will hold public meetings of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC) and Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC), and 2 public workshops, on June 26-28, 2006. PHMSA will hold a half day public workshop on Hazardous Liquid Low Stress Pipelines to solicit comments on a risk-based approach to protecting unusually sensitive areas from risks associated with low stress lines. PHMSA also will conduct an all-day public workshop to discuss the effectiveness of pipeline control room operations and to obtain comments on ways to enhance the effectiveness of pipeline control room operations and on findings from the Controller Certification Project (CCERT). Lastly, the Committees will discuss regulatory issues and vote on two rulemaking proposals: integrity management program changes and clarifications, and design and construction standards to reduce internal corrosion in gas transmission pipelines.

The dates and times are as follows:

  • Monday, June 26 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. – THLPSSC and Public Workshop on Hazardous Liquid Low Stress Pipelines
  • Tuesday, June 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – THLPSSC/TPSSC Public Workshop on Effectiveness of Pipeline Control Room Operations
  • Wednesday, June 28 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – THLPSSC Meeting to vote on the NPRM to address integrity management modifications
  • Wednesday, June 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Joint meetings of the THLPSSC and TPSSC
  • Wednesday, June 28 from 5:00 p.m. to 6 p.m. – TPSSC meeting to vote on the NPRM to address internal corrosion in gas transmission pipelines

The meetings will be held at the following location:

Hilton Alexandria Old Town
1767 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314.

Telephone: 1-703-837-0440
Fax 1-703-837-0454

Attendees staying at the hotel must make reservations by Friday, May 26. The phone number for reservations at the hotel is 1-800-HILTONS (445-8667). The hotel will give priority to the Committee members and State Pipeline Safety Representatives for rooms blocked under “DOT Technical Advisory Committee Meetings.”