[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 3, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 45591-45592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19063]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 192

[Docket No. PHMSA-2009-0203]


Pipeline Safety: Notice of Technical Pipeline Safety Advisory 
Committee Meetings

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice of technical pipeline safety advisory committee 
meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the Technical 
Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC) and of the Technical 
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC). The 
PHMSA staff will brief the committee members on pipeline regulatory 
actions and policy concerns. The purpose of the meeting is to keep the 
members updated on current safety concerns, proposed rules, and future 
proposals.

DATES: The meeting will be on Thursday, August 19, 2010, from 1 p.m. to 
4 p.m. EST.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202-366-
4431 or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Meeting Details

    The TPSSC and the THLPSSC will take part in the meeting by 
telephone conference call. The public may attend the meeting at the 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC 20590, Room E27-302. Attendees should register in 
advance at http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=66. 
PHMSA will post any new information or changes on the PHMSA/Office of 
Pipeline Safety web page (http://PHMSA.dot.gov) about 15 days before 
the meeting takes place.
    Comments on the meeting may be submitted to the docket in the 
following ways:
    E-Gov Web Site: http://www.regulations.gov. This site allows the 
public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice issued by any 
agency.
    Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation 
(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590-001.
    Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 on the ground level of the DOT West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    Instructions: Identify the docket number, PHMSA-2009-0203 at the 
beginning of your comments. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. You should know that anyone is able to 
search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our 
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.). Therefore, you may want to review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or view the Privacy Notice at http://www.regulations.gov before submitting any such comments.
    Docket: For access to the docket or to read background documents or 
comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to Room W12-
140 on the ground level of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.
    If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your written 
comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with the 
following statement: ``Comments on PHMSA-2009-0203.'' The Docket Clerk 
date stamps the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. 
mail. Please note that due to delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to 
Federal offices in Washington, DC, we recommend that persons consider 
an alternative method (internet, fax, or professional delivery service) 
of submitting comments to the docket and ensuring their timely receipt 
at DOT.

Privacy Act Statement

    Anyone may search the electronic form of comments received in 
response to any of our 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.). DOT's complete Privacy Act 
Statement was published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 
FR 19477).

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities, or to seek special assistance at the meetings, please 
contact Cheryl Whetsel at 202-366-4431 by August 16, 2010.

II. Committee Background

    These two statutorily-mandated committees advise PHMSA on proposed 
safety standards, risk assessments, and safety policies for natural gas 
pipelines and for hazardous liquid pipelines. Both committees fall 
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 
1) and both are mandated by the pipeline safety law (49 U.S.C. Chap. 
601). Each committee consists of 15 members--with membership evenly 
divided among the Federal and State Government, the regulated industry, 
and the public. The committees advise PHMSA on technical feasibility, 
practicability, and cost-effectiveness of each proposed pipeline safety 
standard.

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III. Preliminary Agenda

    The PHMSA staff will brief the committees on several regulatory and 
policy initiatives including:
     Pipeline safety reauthorization.
     PHMSA accomplishments (National Transportation Safety 
Board, General Accounting Office, Congressional mandates).
     PHMSA priorities (new construction, damage prevention), 
and the status of PHMSA rulemaking initiatives.
     Administrative matters of the committee (charter, how we 
can best conduct business).

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 60102, 60115; 60118.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2010.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
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