[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9547]


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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 Pipeline Safety Standards Committee 
(TPSSC) and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards 
Committee (THLPSSC). Each Committee meeting, as well as a joint session 
of the two Committees, will be held on May 5-6, 1998, at the U.S. 
Department of Transportation (Nassif) Building, 400 Seventh Street, 
S.W., Washington, DC 20590, in Conference Room 2230.
    On May 5, 1998, at 9:00 a.m., the TPSSC will meet. Topics to be 
discussed will include:
    1. Docket RSPA-97-2879; Update on Remotely Controlled Valves for 
Gas Transmission Lines
    2. Docket RSPA-97-3002; Adoption of Industry Standards for 
Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities
    3. Docket RSPA-98-3347; Review of Plastic Pipe Public Meeting
    At 1:00 p.m., the TPSSC will be joined by members of the THLPSSC 
for a joint session which will include:
    1. Compliance Policy Report/System Integrity Project
    2. Risk Management Demonstration Update
    3. Mapping System Progress
    4. Report from Government/Industry Data Teams
    5. Cost/Benefit Analysis Framework
    6. State Program Performance Highlights
    7. Docket PS-94; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Qualification of 
Pipeline Safety Personnel
    8. Pipeline Employee Performance Group (PEPG) presentation
    9. Outer Continental Shelf Pipelines; Memorandum of Understanding 
Between DOT/DOI
    10. Docket PS-153; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking--Metrication
    On May 6, 1998, at 9:00 a.m. the THLPSSC will meet. Topics to be 
discussed will include:
    1. Docket PS-117; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Hazardous Liquid 
Pipelines Operated at 20 Percent or Less of Specified Minimum Yield 
Strength.
    2. Docket RSPA-97-2095; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Adoption 
of Industry Standards for Breakout Tanks
    3. Docket PS-144; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Risk-based 
Alternatives to the Pressure Testing Rule.
    At 1:00 p.m., there will be a public meeting at which the Office of 
Pipeline Safety will discuss the work of its Damage Prevention Quality 
Action Team (DAMQAT). DAMQAT is a joint industry-and will launch its 
pilot education campaign which will be conducted in Virginia, Tennessee 
and Georgia. DAMQAT is a joint industry-government effort to address 
the problem of outside force damage to underground facilities, 
including pipelines. OPS will launch its pilot Damage Prevention 
education campaign, which will be conducted in Virginia, Tennessee, and 
Georgia.
    Each meeting will be open to the public. Members of the public may 
present oral statements on the topics. Due to the limited time, each 
person who wants to make an oral statement must notify Peggy Thompson, 
Room 2335, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., 
Washington, DC 20590, telephone (202) 366-1933, not later than April 
30, 1998, with the topics 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 April 7, 1998.
Richard D. Huriaux, P.E.,
Director for Technology and Standards, Office of Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 98-9547 Filed 4-9-98; 8:45 am]
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