As mentioned in last month’s newsletter, PHMSA hosted a public meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC) and of the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC) on Thursday, August 19, 2010. PHMSA briefed the committees on several regulatory and policy initiatives including:
- Pipeline safety reauthorization
- PHMSA accomplishments (National Transportation Safety Board, General Accounting Office, Congressional mandates)
- PHMSA priorities (new construction, damage prevention), and the status of PHMSA rulemaking initiatives
- Administrative matters of the committee (charter, how we can best conduct business).
The meeting agenda and briefing papers below are available on the PHMSA website:
- Part 192/195 evaluation project
- Excess Flow Valves for larger applications
- Administrative matters of the committees