[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 202 (Monday, October 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54503-54504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27715]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


Meetings of Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees

    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub.L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 1) notice is hereby given of the 
following meetings of the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety 
Standards Committee (THLPSSC) and the Technical Pipeline Safety 
Standards Committee (TPSSC). Each Committee meeting, as well as a joint 
session of the two Committees, will be held at the Adams Mark Hotel, 
2900 Briarpark Drive at Westheimer, Houston, TX 77042.
    On November 18, 1997, at 9:00 a.m., the THLPSSC will meet. OPS will 
discuss current regulatory activities, and the THLPSSC will review the 
following OPS proposed rulemakings: (1) Incorporation by Reference of 
Industry Standard on Leak Detection; (2) Risk-Based Alternative to 
Pressure Testing Rule; and (3) Adoption of Industry Standards for 
Breakout Tanks. Part of the Advisory Committee's function is to discuss 
OPS proposed rulemakings and assess, by vote, if the rulemaking is 
feasible, reasonable, and practicable.
    On November 18, 1997 at 1:00 p.m., the THLPSSC will be joined by 
members of the TPSSC for a joint session in which OPS will provide a 
brief update on major OPS activities. However, this session will focus 
on the issue of cost-benefit analysis. Topics of discussion will 
include: (1) A description of the approach to cost-benefit analysis by 
both OPS and the pipeline industry; and (2) the role of the Advisory 
Committees in reviewing cost benefit in their review of OPS 
rulemakings, in accordance with the Accountable Pipeline Safety and 
Partnership Act of 1996.
    OPS will hold a public meeting on risk management in conjunction 
with the Technical Advisory Committee meetings on the morning of 
November 19, 1997, from 8:00 A.M. TO 12:00 noon. OPS announced this 
meeting in a Federal Register notice (62 FR 50654), published on 
September 26, 1997. The purpose of this meeting is to provide an update 
on the Risk Management Demonstration Program and to receive input on 
the progress of the Demonstration Program thus far and on the specific 
demonstration projects under review.
    On November 19, 1997, at 1:00 p.m. the TPSSC will meet. Although 
this committee will not be voting on any OPS proposed rulemakings, 
brief updates of OPS regulatory activities will be provided by OPS 
staff.
    Each meeting will be open to the public. Members of the public may 
present oral statements on the topics. Due to the limited time 
available, each person who wants to make an oral statement must notify 
Peggy Thompson, Room 2335, Department of

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Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590, telephone 
(202) 366-4595, no later than November 5, 1997. Requests should include 
the topics to be addressed and the time requested to address each 
topic. The presiding officer may deny any request to present an oral 
statement and may limit the time of any oral presentation. Members of 
the public may present written statements to the Committee before or 
after any meeting.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 14, 1997.
Richard B. Felder,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 97-27715 Filed 10-17-97; 8:45 am]
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