Increasing Pipeline Safety Through Shared Planning
A conference for all stakeholders
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DAY ONE - Nov. 15, 2007
9:00 - 9:10 Welcoming Comments
9:10 - 9:45 Opening Activity
The Stakeholders Speak - An interactive show of why we are here
9:45 - 10:45 General Session
Transmission Pipelines and Land Use - What needs to be accomplished and why?
Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Admin.
Richard Rabinow, Pipeline Industry Representative
Don Andrews, Affected Property Owner, Ohio
Bob Rackleff, County Commissioner, Leon County, Florida
10:45 - 11:00 - Break
11:00 - 12:15
What are appropriate land uses, structures, and human activities compatible on or near pipeline corridors?
Bob Sarvey, Pipeline Safety Advocate, Tracy, California
David Johnson, Technical Consultant, Panhandle Energy
Charles Batten, Former National Transportation Safety Board Investigator
1:45 - 3:00
Model local zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, and planning policies that could be adopted for land uses near pipelines.
Jim Doherty, Legal Consultant, Municipal Research and Services Center
Chuck Lesniak, Environmental Program Coordinator, City of Austin, Texas
Jim Pates, Assistant Chief Counsel, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Admin.
3:15 - 4:30
Setbacks, a real safety benefit or an illusion of safety?
Carol Parker, Pipeline Safety Trust
Terry Boss, V.P., Env., Safety & Oper., Interstate Natural Gas Assoc. of America
Richard Kuprewicz, President, Accufacts Inc
DAY TWO - Nov. 16, 2007
9:00 - 9:30 Morning Address
Stacey Gerard, Assistant Administrator & Chief Safety Officer, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
9:30 - 10:45
Accurate Pipeline Maps - Essential for good planning or a threat to pipeline safety?
Harold Winnie & Karen Butler, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Admin.
Lee Hartsfield, GIS Coordinator, Tallahassee - Leon County, Florida
Dan Kirshner, Executive Director, Northwest Gas Association
Katie Hansen, Board Member, Pipeline Safety Trust
11:00 - 12:15
If local government is supposed to use a “risk-informed approach,” what does that really mean?
Jeremy Raben, Affected Resident, New Jersey
John Jacobi, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Admin
Jack Alexander, Kansas State Fire Marshal & NASFM Representative
Bob Howard, V.P., Gas Transmission & Distribution, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
1:45 - 3:00 Closing General Session
Where does the PIPA effort go from here, how can you be a part of it, and what have we learned at this conference that we need to remember?
Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
Stacey Gerard, Assistant Administrator & Chief Safety Officer, PHMSA
Richard Rabinow, Pipeline Industry Representative
