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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Program Overview February 2012

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Program Overview February 2012. Role of Pipelines. 2.5 million miles of energy pipelines transport 2/3 of U.S. energy consumption Support our basic human needs, economic mobility, and security Direct: gasoline, natural gas, propane

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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Program Overview February 2012

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  1. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationProgram Overview February 2012

  2. Role of Pipelines • 2.5 million miles of energy pipelines transport 2/3 of U.S. energy consumption • Support our basic human needs, economic mobility, and security • Direct: gasoline, natural gas, propane • Indirect: electric generation, telecommunications, water supply • Interdependencies between pipelines and other vital services are not well understood

  3. Our Agency Mission To ensure the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound operation of the Nation’s pipeline transportation system.

  4. U.S. Pipeline Transportation System

  5. What We Do Our Base Programs • Data Analysis and Trending • Regulatory Development and Coordination • Inspection, Enforcement and Emergency Response • Integrity Management • Emergency Response • State Pipeline Safety Grant Programs • Damage Prevention and Public Education • Research and Development

  6. Where We Are

  7. Pipeline Safety Reauthorization • Reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Program • 7 hearings in 2010 – 5 hearings in 2011 • Will set most of regulatory agenda for the next 4 years • In one of their final actions for 2011, the House and Senate passed a pipeline safety bill consistent with the legislative proposal we submitted to Congress last year. • President Obama signed the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 on January 3, 2012. • New law compliments actions such as Secretary LaHood’s “Call to Action” plan to address pipeline infrastructure risks.

  8. New Pipeline Safety Law General Themes / Provisions in Play To advance pipeline safety, the bill doubles the maximum fines that pipeline operators face for safety violations. More Inspection Eliminating exemptions from One-Call laws Study and regulate HL leak detection The Bill requires PHMSA to issue new pipeline safety standards requiring operators to install automatic or remote-controlled shut-off valves and excess flow valves in new or replaced transmission pipelines.

  9. New Pipeline Safety Law • Extends EFV’s rules to multi-family/small commercial • Cost recovery for special permits and new construction • Study/report on risks of Canadian crude from oil sands • Increased data reporting – including geospatial data • Removal of exemptions for various pipelines • The law authorizes PHMSA to award $110 million in safety-related grants each year. • PHMSA is authorized to add a number of new pipeline inspectors to support its investigation and enforcement obligations.

  10. Questions – Thank You!

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