[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7979]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)
[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, SW, Washington, DC 
20590. The May 4-5, 1999, meetings will be held in room 8236.

ADDRESSES: Comments on these meetings should be sent to the Dockets 
Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Plaza 401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Alternatively, comments may be 
e-mailed to [email protected]. All comments must reference 
Docket No. 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: L.E. Herrick, OPS, (202) 366-5523 or 
Richard Huriaux, OPS, (202) 366-4565, regarding the subject matter of 
this notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 4, 1999, at 9:00 a.m., the Technical 
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards committee will meet in room 
8236 of the Nassif Building. The preliminary agenda includes:

1. OPS Reorganization
2. Update on Usually Sensitive Areas (USA)
3. Pressure Testing of Older Hazardous Liquid Pipelines and Terminals
4. Overview of the OPA Program
5. Liquid Data Team Report

    On May 4, 1999, at 11:30 a.m., the THLPSSC will be joined by 
members of the TPSSC for a joint session of the gas and hazardous 
liquid pipeline advisory committees. The preliminary agenda includes:

1. Qualification of Pipeline Personnel
2. Training Report: Pipeline Employee Performance Group (PEPG), 
Training of Minerals Management Service Personnel, and the 
Transportation Safety Institute (TSI) Curriculum
3. Compliance Program Directions: Inspection Procedures, Policy, and 
Federal/State Relationship
4. Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Repair
5. System Integrity Inspection Pilots
6. Marking of Water Crossings
7. National Pipeline Mapping System
8. Risk Management Demonstration
9. Corrosion Control on Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
10. Cost-Benefit Analysis Framework Working Group
11. Random Drug Testing Rates
12. Underground Damage Prevention Activities: Damage Quality Action 
Team (DAMQAT) and One Call Best Practices Study

    On May 5, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., the Technical 
Pipeline Safety Standards Committee will meet. The preliminary agenda 
includes:

1. Gas Gathering Lines
2. Remotely Controlled Valves on Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities
3. Adoption of Industry Standards for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
4. Plastic Pipeline Safety Standards and Research
5. Risk Management Local Distribution Company (LDC) Initiative

    All three meetings will be open to the public. Members of the 
public will have an opportunity to make short statements on the topics 
under discussion. Anyone wishing to make an oral statement must notify 
Peggy Thompson, Room 7128, Department of Transportation, Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590, telephone (202) 
366-1933, not later than April 15, 1999, on the topic of the statement 
and the time requested for presentation. The presiding officer at each 
meeting may deny any request to present an oral statement and may limit 
the time of any presentation.

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

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 26, 1999.
Richard B. Felder,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 99-7979 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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