[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52314-52315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26152]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket No. RSPA-98-4470]


Pipeline Safety: Meetings of Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees

AGENCY: Office of Pipeline Safety, Research and Special Programs 
Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee meetings.

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SUMMARY: 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). Both the TPSSC and the THLPSSC are statutorily 
mandated advisory committees that assist RSPA's Office of Pipeline 
Safety in its consideration of proposed safety standards, risk 
assessments, and safety policies for hazardous liquid and natural gas 
pipelines. Each committee has an authorized membership of 15 persons, 
five each from government, industry, and the public. The committees 
meet in May and November of each year. Each Committee meeting, as well 
as a joint session of the two Committees, is held at the Department of 
Transportation, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, 
DC 20590. The November 1998 meetings will be held in room 6332.

ADDRESSES: Comments pertaining to this meeting should be sent to the 
Dockets Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Plaza 401, 400 
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001, or you can E-Mail your 
comments to [email protected]. Comments must identify the 
docket number RSPA-98-4470. The Dockets Facility is located on the 
plaza level of the Nassif Building in Room 401, 400 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC. The Dockets Facility is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary-Jo Cooney, OPS, (202) 366-4774, 
regarding the subject matter of this notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 5, 1998, at 9:00 a.m., the TPSSC 
will meet. Topics to be discussed by the gas pipeline advisory 
committee include:

1. Definition of Gas Gathering Lines (Docket PS-122)
2. Remotely Controlled Valves on Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities 
(Docket PS-97-2879)
3. Adoption of Industry Standards for Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities 
(Docket PS-97-3002)
4. Plastic Pipeline Safety Standards (Docket PS-98-3347)
5. Gas Pipeline Repair: Pipe Wrap Repair Methods
6. Risk Management Local Distribution Company (LDC) Initiative

    On, November 5, 1998, at 1:00 p.m., the TPSSC will be joined by 
members of the THLPSSC for a joint session of the gas and hazardous 
liquid pipeline advisory committees. Topics to be discussed include:

1. Corrosion Control on Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines (Docket 
RSPA-97-2762)
2. Qualification of Pipeline Personnel (Docket RSPA-98-3783)
3. Changes in Enforcement Proceedings (Docket RSPA-98-4284)
4. Underwater Abandoned Pipeline Facilities (Docket RSPA-97-2094)
5. Underground Damage Prevention Activities: DAMQAT and the Best 
Practices Study
6. System Integrity Inspection Pilots
7. Risk Management Demonstration
8. Cost-Benefit Analysis Framework Working Group
9. National Pipeline Mapping System

    On November 6, 1998, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., the THLPSSC will 
meet. Topics to be discussed by the hazardous liquid pipeline advisory 
committee include:

1. Unusually Sensitive Areas (Docket PS-140)
2. Pressure Testing of Older Hazardous Liquid Pipelines and Terminals 
(Docket PS-144)
3. Liquid Data Team Report
4. EPA/OPS Aboveground Storage Tank Jurisdiction

    All three meetings will be open to the public. Members of the 
public may present oral statements on the topics discussed. Due to the 
limited time available, each person wishing to make an oral statement 
must notify Peggy Thompson, Room 7128, Department of Transportation, 
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590, 
telephone (202) 366-4595, not later than October 30, 1998, on the 
topics to be addressed and the time requested for each topic. The 
presiding officer at each meeting 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.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60102, 60115.

    Issued in Washington, DC on September 22, 1998.
Richard B. Felder,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 98-26152 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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