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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
Docket ID: [Docket No. RSPA-98-4470]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Meetings:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice; Meetings of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Pipeline Safety: Meetings of the Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: Meetings of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC) and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC) will be held from Tuesday, February 3 to Thursday, February 5, 2004, at the WashingtonDulles Airport Marriott Hotel, Dulles, Virginia. The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) will provide briefings on pending rulemakings and regulatory initiatives. The advisory committees will discuss various proposed rulemakings and associated risk assessments.
SUMMARY: Pipeline Safety—; Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The TPSSC and THLPSSC are statutorily mandated advisory committees that advise the Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) on proposed safety standards for gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. These advisory committees are constituted in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92463, 5 U.S.C. App. 1). The committees consist of 15 membersfive each representing government, industry, and the public. The TPSSC and THLPSSC are tasked with determining reasonableness, costeffectiveness, and practicability of proposed pipeline regulations.Federal law requires that OPS submit costbenefit analyses and risk assessment information on proposed safety standards to the advisory committees. The TPSSC and/or THLPSSC evaluate the merit of the data and methods used within the analyses, and when appropriate, provide recommendations relating to the costbenefit analyses.
On Tuesday, February 3, 2004, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. e.s.t., the
Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee
(THLPSSC) will meet. The preliminary agenda includes briefings on the following topics:
1. Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Operator Annual Report
2. Hazardous Liquid Integrity Management Program Update
3. Definition of Hazardous Liquid Gathering Lines
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4. Permitting Project and Best Management Practices
5. Controller Project
6. Fatigue
On Tuesday, February 3, 2004, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. e.s.t., the
THLPSSC and the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee will meet
in joint session and continue on Wednesday, February 4, 2004, from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. e.s.t. OPS will provide the Committees with briefings on the following topics:
1. Periodic Underwater Inspections
2. Annual Update of Standards Incorporated by Reference
3. Pipeline Industry Implementation of Effective Public Awareness (API 1162)
4. Amendments to Operator Qualification.
5. 2005 Budget Proposal and Departmental Reorganization
6. Pipeline Research and Development Program
7. Common Ground Alliance Update
8. Inspector General and General Accounting Office Reports
9. National Pipeline Mapping System
10. National Pipeline Security Preparedness
11. Safety Orders and Penalty Structure
12. Fire Marshals Project
13. Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT)
14. Energy Impacts
On Thursday, February 5, 2004, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. e.s.t. the
TPSSC will meet. The TPSSC will vote on the Cost Benefit for the Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking on the Passage of Internal Inspection Devices.
The TPSSC will also be provided briefings on the following topics:
1. Pipeline Integrity Management for Gas Transmission Pipelines in High Consequence Areas (Final Rule)
2. Pipeline Direct Assessment
3. Gas Gathering Line Definition
4. Gas Transmission Definition
5. Excess Flow Valves
6. Waivers for Class Location
7. Permit Project and Best Management Practices
8. Integrity Management Tracking System
9. Controller Project
10. Fatigue
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60102, 60115.
Issued in Washington, DC on December 24, 2003.
Richard D. Huriaux,
Manager, Regulations, Office of Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 0332203 Filed 123003; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Cheryl Whetsel, OPS, (202) 366-4431 or Richard Huriaux, OPS, (202) 3664565, regarding the subject matter of this notice.
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