[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28102-28103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13506]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket No. PS-142; Notice 6]


Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Project; Electronic Town 
Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Pipeline Safety, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On Thursday, June 5, 1997, the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) 
will sponsor a satellite-based, town meeting video teleconference on 
the status of the Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program. The 
broadcast will show how communities can learn about demonstration 
projects in their area, and the potential benefits that may result. It 
will be aired from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and 
will be easily accessible nationwide. We hope you will tune in, and 
perhaps even participate via call-in questions and comments. We also 
hope you will invite others in your organization and community to watch 
this broadcast as well. Meaningful community involvement and effective 
communication are critical elements in the success of the Demonstration 
Program.

DATES: The town meeting video teleconference will be aired on June 5, 
1997, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eben M. Wyman, (202) 366-0918, or by 
e-mail ([email protected]), regarding the subject matter of this 
Notice. Contact the Dockets Unit (202) 366-5046, for other material in 
the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Demonstration Program tests an 
innovative regulatory approach to achieving superior safety performance 
by allowing pipeline operators to customize safety activities. The June 
5 electronic town meeting is a follow-on to the January 28, 1997, 
public meeting sponsored by OPS to familiarize government agencies, 
pipeline operators, and other interested parties with the Program. OPS 
hopes the June 5 broadcast will reach an even wider audience, including 
safety and environmental officials in communities likely to be affected 
by demonstration projects. OPS will present background

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information about the Demonstration Program, and several candidate 
companies will describe the projects they are proposing.
    During the coming months while OPS is evaluating candidate 
projects, stakeholders are encouraged to ask questions and provide 
information they feel is relevant. As part of the broadcast, a 
dramatization of the evaluation process will show the opportunities OPS 
will provide stakeholders for questions and comments about the 
projects, and how stakeholder input might impact the provisions of a 
project before it is approved. During the broadcast, viewers will have 
several opportunities to call in and ask questions to OPS staff and 
candidate companies. The call-in number will be provided numerous times 
throughout the broadcast.
    The electronic town meeting will be broadcast by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Education Network (EENET), 
which has been broadcasting for more than ten years and has an 
extensive audience in the fire and emergency management communities. By 
using EENET, OPS hopes to involve thousands of public safety and 
emergency management officials who routinely receive these programs. 
EENET sites use the widely available ``backyard satellite dish'' 
technology.
    Here are the ways you can watch this broadcast:

--Contact your local television cable company and ask if they will 
carry this EENET video broadcast.
--Contact your local government cable access office for specific 
information. Many local governments have dedicated internal cable 
systems which carry programs such as these to their offices and other 
facilities.
--Use a local facility which has a TeleVision Receive-Only (``dish''). 
Many schools (elementary, secondary, and community colleges), 
hospitals, or local hotels and motels have these facilities.
--Rent a portable TeleVision Receive-Only (``dish'') and have it set up 
at your viewing place.
--Set up a TeleVision Receive-Only (``dish'') at your viewing facility.

    The technical information necessary to align the receiver dish with 
one of the satellites is:

KU-Band Satellite

SBS 6
Transponder 9
Downlink Frequency: 11921 MHZ
Audio Frequency: 6.2/6.8
Location: 74 degrees West
Polarity: Horizontal

C-Band Satellite

Galaxy 3
Transponder 21
Downlink Frequency: 4120 MHZ
Audio Frequency: 6.2/6.8
Location: 95 degrees West
Polarity: Horizontal

    The technical test the day before is from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time.
    For additional information, call EENET at 1-800-527-4893.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on May 16, 1997.
Cesar De Leon,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 97-13506 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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