[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 212 (Friday, October 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65034-65035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26061]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-RSPA-1998-4470]
Pipeline Safety: Meetings of the Technical Pipeline Safety
Standards Committee and Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety
Standards Committee
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces public meetings of the Technical
Pipeline
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Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC) and of the Technical Hazardous
Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC).
The committees will meet to discuss two important regulatory
proposals and several future regulatory initiatives.
DATES: The meetings will be on December 11 and 12, 2008. The TPSSC and
the THLPSSC will meet jointly on Thursday, December 11 from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., and the TPSSC will meet on Friday, December 12 from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. EST.
Name badge pick-up and on-site registration will be available on
December 11 starting at 8 a.m. with the agenda taking place from 9 a.m.
until approximately 5 p.m. Refer to the meetings Web site for updated
agenda and times at: http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/Mtg56.mtg.
Please note that the meetings will not be Web casted. However,
presentations will be available on the meetings website within 30 days
following the meetings.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will take place at the Westin Arlington
Gateway, 801 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203. The phone numbers
for reservation are 1-888-627-7076 or (703) 717-6200. Rooms are
reserved at the hotel under USDOT Technical Advisory Committee
meetings. For a guaranteed room at the hotel, attendees need to make
their reservations no later than November 10, 2008. Priority is given
to Committee members and to State Pipeline Safety Representatives. Any
additional information or changes as well as a more detailed agenda
will be posted on the PHMSA/OPS Web page about 15 days before the
meetings take place at: http://PHMSA.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202-366-
4431 or by e-mail at [email protected] or Kay McIver by phone at
202 366-0113 or by e-mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Meeting Details
PHMSA's Technical Advisory Committee meetings are open to the
public. If time permits, individuals may make a brief statement.
Members of the public interested in making a statement are encouraged
to contact one of the individuals listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT by November 24, 2008.
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 Kay McIver at 202 366-0113 by November 24, 2008.
II. Committee Background
The TPSSC and THLPSSC are statutorily mandated advisory committees
that advise PHMSA on proposed safety standards, risks assessments, and
safety policies for natural gas pipelines and for hazardous liquid
pipelines. Both committees were established under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 1) and 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.
III. Agenda
The agenda for the meetings will include discussions of comments
received for two notices of proposed rulemakings, and to present to the
Committees for a final rule vote on these two proposed rules. The two
proposed rules for presentation are:
Control Room Management/Human Factors--on December 11th, a
proposal to revise the Federal pipeline safety regulations to address
human factors and other components of control room management; and
Integrity Management Program for Gas Distribution
Pipelines--on December 12th, a proposal to amend the Federal pipeline
safety regulations to require operators of gas distribution pipelines
to develop and implement integrity management (IM) programs.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60102, 60115; 60118.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 27, 2008.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. E8-26061 Filed 10-30-08; 8:45 am]
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