[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44383-44384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19151]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

[Docket No. RSPA-98-4470]


Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Technical Hazardous Liquid 
Pipeline Safety Standards Committee

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

ACTION: Notice--Meeting of Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety 
Standards Committee.

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SUMMARY: The Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) 
Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) will convene a meeting of the Technical 
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC). The 
purpose of the meeting is to request the Committee's input on the 
conceptual framework of the OPS five-year research and development 
program plan as required by section 12 of the Pipeline Safety 
Improvement Act of 2002. RSPA/OPS staff will also brief the Committee 
and request their advice on a possible rule change to the operator 
qualification standard and on a rulemaking on annual reporting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 6 from 11 a.m. to 
2 p.m. Advisory Committee members will participate via telephone 
conference call. Notice of each Committee meeting will be published in 
the Federal Register at least 15 days in advance of the meeting, except 
in emergency situations. This Notice is delayed due to the complex 
coordination among several agencies to complete and expedite the 
conceptional framework of the OPS five-year research and development 
program plan to meet the December 2003 deadline required by the 
Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public may attend the meeting in room 4236 at 
the U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC.
    An opportunity will be provided for the public to make short 
statements on the topics under discussion. Anyone wishing to make an 
oral statement should notify Jean Milam, (202) 493-0967, not later than 
August 1, 2003, on the topic of the statement and the length

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of the presentation. The presiding officer at the meeting may deny any 
request to present an oral statement and may limit the time of any 
presentation.
    You may submit written comments by mail or deliver to the Dockets 
Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Room PL-401, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. It is open from 10 a.m. 
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You also may 
submit written comments to the docket electronically. To do so, log 
onto the following Internet Web address: http://dms.dot.gov. Click on 
``Help & Information'' for instructions on how to file a document 
electronically. All written comments should reference docket number 
RSPA-98-4470. Anyone who would like confirmation of mailed comments 
must include a self-addressed stamped postcard.
    You may search the electronic form of all comments received into 
any of the DOT dockets by the name of the individual submitting the 
comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an 
association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000, (Volume 65, Number 70; pages 19477-78) or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
Jean Milam at (202) 493-0967.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Whetsel, OPS, (202) 366-4431 or 
Richard Huriaux, OPS, (202) 366-4565, regarding the subject matter of 
this notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for this meeting of the THLPSSC 
will include:
    1. A briefing and request for Committee comment on the conceptual 
framework of the OPS five-year research and development program plan.
    2. A briefing and request for advice on a possible rule change to 
the Operator Qualification Standard.
    3. A briefing on the hazardous liquid annual report rulemaking.
    The THLPSSC is a statutorily mandated advisory committee that 
advises RSPA/OPS on proposed safety standards for liquid pipelines. The 
advisory committee is constituted in accordance with section 10(a)(2) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 
1). The committee consists of 15 members--five each representing 
government, industry, and the public. The THLPSSC is tasked with 
determining reasonableness, cost-effectiveness, and practicability of 
proposed pipeline regulations.

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

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2003.
Stacey L. Gerard,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 03-19151 Filed 7-25-03; 8:45 am]
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