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2008 Western Regional Gas Conference

2008 Western Regional Gas Conference. Update on the Progress of the Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance (PIPA) Presented by Carl Weimer, Executive Director. Bellingham Tragedy. Pipeline was damaged by 3rd party Damage known but not fixed Valve installed wrong Valve malfunctioned

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2008 Western Regional Gas Conference

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  1. 2008 Western Regional Gas Conference Update on the Progress of the Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance (PIPA) Presented by Carl Weimer, Executive Director

  2. Bellingham Tragedy • Pipeline was damaged by 3rd party • Damage known but not fixed • Valve installed wrong • Valve malfunctioned • SCADA failure • Operator Error • Pipeline burst and exploded killing 3 youngsters and an entire salmon stream

  3. Mission The Pipeline Safety Trust promotes fuel transportation safety through education and advocacy, by increasing access to information, and by building partnerships with residents, safety advocates, government, and industry, that result in safer communities and a healthier environment.

  4. Major Initiatives of the Trust • Working to strengthen rules and regulations • Provide easily accessible, credible information • Independent research and whitepapers • Responding to incidents & issues • Growing a core of involved citizens • Providing opportunities for collaboration between citizens, pipeline operators, local government, and regulators

  5. The Goal of PIPA To provide risk informed guidance to local government planners, property owners, developers, pipeline operators, and real estate agents to enhance safety both when new transmission pipelines are proposed for existing communities and when there is a change in land use adjacent to existing transmission pipelines.

  6. Why is PIPA Important?

  7. How is PIPA Organized? Steering Committee Three Task Teams • Protecting Communities • Protecting Pipelines • Communications Operates by Consensus A horse designed by consensus

  8. Who Is Involved? • 157 participants

  9. What Are the Expected Final Products? • Report with Best Practices • Implementation Strategy All Due by end of 2008

  10. Protecting Communities • Defining recommended characteristics of land use adjacent to transmission ROW. • Using enhanced building codes for structures adjacent to transmission ROW. • Simple, risk-informed guidance for 1 and 2 above. • Model Ordinances, Planning Policies, Regulations, or State Legislation

  11. Protecting Transmission Pipelines • Determine if there is consensus on best practices for: • Incorporating the ROW space in new developments • Defining acceptable land owner uses and activities on ROW. • Ensuring land owners working in the ROW notify operators prior to making changes in land use. • Guiding the specification, acquisition, development, and maintenance of transmission ROW. • Managing and recording land documents (easements, encroachment agreements, retention, recording practices). 2. Develop Guidance, Model Ordinances, Planning Policies, Regulations, or State Legislation for above 3. Review Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Best Practices and one-call system requirements for gaps

  12. Communications 1. Determine best practices for fostering early communication among stakeholders regarding risk-informed planning 2. Determine best practices for communicating acceptable uses and activities on pipeline ROW to land owners and other stakeholders. 3. Determine best practices for real estate disclosure of ROW. 4. Determine barriers to effective communication and best practices for engaging stakeholders. 5. Describe benefits of pipeline transportation 6. Describe best practices to effectively communicate risk of pipelines and how risk is managed. 7. Examine possible tie-ins with Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Best Practices 8. Formulate PIPA risk communication plan and design format of final PIPA work product for all Task Teams.

  13. What Are Some of the Sticky Issues?

  14. New Pipelines vs. Existing Pipelines • It is nearly impossible to provide guidance about how new development near an existing pipeline ought to be done, without that same argument being used during new pipeline siting efforts.

  15. Setbacks How close is too close? Takings? What about new pipelines?

  16. Consultation Zone

  17. How do we get local government to care? Too Busy No Authority No Funding Not a Priority No Staff No Expertise

  18. Good Communications

  19. Know Your Audience!

  20. Know Your Audience

  21. Know Your Audience

  22. How To Communicate Risk? Chance + Consequence

  23. Implementation vs. Shelfart If all PIPA accomplishes is a good report providing guidance to local communities this entire effort will have been nearly a complete waste of time

  24. PIPA Demonstration Grants • 3 grants of $25,000 to local communities to test some of PIPA’s ideas and strategies

  25. Join Us In November Pipeline Safety – What More Needs To Be Done A conference for all stakeholders November 20 & 21, 2008 Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans

  26. Please Join With Us 1155 North State Street, Suite 609 Bellingham, WA 98225 360-543-5686 carl@pstrust.org http://www.pstrust.org

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