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PIPA IMPLEMENTATION

PIPA IMPLEMENTATION. What ’ s Been Happening in Washington State?. Pre-PIPA Groundwork in Washington. 2000: Establishment of Governor-Appointed Citizens Committee on Pipeline Safety

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PIPA IMPLEMENTATION

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  1. PIPAIMPLEMENTATION What’s Been Happening in Washington State?

  2. Pre-PIPA Groundwork in Washington 2000: Establishment of Governor-Appointed Citizens Committee on Pipeline Safety 2004-06: Series of workshops across state with local government officials, planners, industry to explore tools for improving land use decisions near pipelines 2006: Report published: “Land Use Planning in Proximity to Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid Transmission Pipelines in Washington State”

  3. Pre- PIPA Groundwork, continued MRSC established web page on planning near pipelines, provides sample ordinances, reports, background information WUTC provides GIS map layers to local governments 2009: Trust , using TAG GRANT, undertakes research to identify barriers to development of local ordinances, creates implementation plan

  4. Results of Research in Washington • Using surveys, focus groups and interviews, we identified: • what information planners needed: background, examples of working ordinances • who should deliver it: MRSC, WUTC, AWC, • where they usually obtain their information: MRSC, AWC, APA, AICP • what other barriers they saw to development and adoption of a consultation zone ordinance, money, political concerns, • what incentives would be helpful: grants, sample ordinances, free technical assistance

  5. Current Efforts in Washington 2010 TAG grant awarded to the Association of Washington Cities to use research results and implementation plan from previous work In partnership with Trust, MRSC, and WUTC: webinar produced – available on MRSC and Trust website Appearances at NACo, planning gatherings Presentations to cities, counties upon request Mini-grants of $3000 awarded to cities and counties willing to commit to drafting a pipeline safety ordinance

  6. Current Efforts Five cities (Sultan, Roy, Gold Bar, Kirkland and Bellingham) currently in various stages of ordinance development. Skagit County received its own 2010 TAG grant: proposal, pushback, salvage effort Three other Counties (Whatcom, King, Benton) and two cities (Redmond and La Center) have already passed ordinances giving others models to build off of

  7. Lessons learned Background work essential: find out what barriers are, who trusted messengers are, how to approach planning staffs, identify local champions Identify operator contacts for local governments – help from WUTC Personal contact, availability of presenters Free ongoing technical assistance Money

  8. Future Challenges In Washington, where memories of the Bellingham incident still linger, identified barriers were overcome, messengers were identified, presentations made, staff time compensated, technical support supplied, and… 5 cities accepted mini-grants to develop a PIPA ordinance. 2 others responded, but chose not to follow through. Is this a model that can be scaled up to a nation-wide implementation program? Who pays?

  9. Rebecca Craven Program Director Pipeline Safety Trust rebecca@pstrust.org (360)543-5686

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