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A PDF version of the agenda can be downloaded by clicking here (updated 10/27)
Click on the links below to download the Powerpoint presentations
Different Pathways to a Common Goal
PIPA, Damage Prevention, & Greater Public Awareness and Involvement
Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, Louisiana
November 4th & 5th, 2010
DAY ONE –Thursday, November 4th
9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Comments – La Nouvelle Orleans
9:10 – 9:30 Opening Address – La Nouvelle Orleans
It has been a tough six months for pipeline safety. What have we learned from recent incidents?
• Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
• Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
9:30 – 10:45 General Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
Congressional Reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Program: What are the main pipeline safety issues this time around?
• Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
• Andy Black, President, Association of Oil Pipelines
• Rick Kessler, Vice President, Pipeline Safety Trust
• Christina Sames, Vice President, American Gas Association
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:15 Main Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
PHMSA’s push for better state damage prevention programs
• PHMSA’s Damage Prevention initiative – Annmarie Robertson, PHMSA
• Barriers to states implementing stronger damage prevention programs – Danny McGriff, National Chair, National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives
• What does the data on excavation damage tell us? – Carl Weimer, Pipeline Safety Trust
Detailed Breakout Session – Iberville Room
Want to know about Congressional Reauthorization? – Here’s your chance to find out why your pet peeve didn’t get addressed, or find out more about the specifics in a conversation with the speakers from the 9:30 AM general session. Expanding High Consequence Areas, greater transparency, industry writing the regulations, unregulated pipelines, secret spill response plans, leak detection, excess flow valves, etc…
11:15 – 1:30 Lunch – Queen Anne Ballroom
1:30 – 2:30 Main Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
What have we gone and done? An Overview of the Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance (PIPA) Report
• What it is and what it isn’t – Sam Hall, PHMSA
• Why local government should care- James Davenport, National Association of Counties
• Consultation zones to ensure communication – Robert Hill, BrookingsCounty, SD
• Damage prevention activities to protect pipelines – Peter Lidiak, Director, Pipeline Segment, API
• Planning zones to protect people near pipelines – Chuck Lesniak, City of Austin, TX
Detailed Breakout Session – Iberville Room
Excavation damage is one of the leading causes of pipeline incidents and is the leading cause of injuries and deaths. Want to know more about what industry, regulators and others are doing to reduce this damage? Join the speakers from the 11:00 AM session and others for a conversation about the specific programs geared at reducing this damage.
2:30 – 3:30 General Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
Public Awareness – How do we get people to go beyond awareness to behavioral change?
• Current public awareness efforts, and what they lack – Carl Weimer, Pipeline Safety Trust
• PHMSA’s push for effective public awareness – Christie Murray, National Community Assistance and Technical Services Coordinator, & Harold Winnie, Central Region CATS Manager, PHMSA
• Industry’s lessons learned from 5 years of Public Awareness programs – Terri Larson, Enbridge
Detailed Breakout Session – Iberville Room
Want to know more about how the PIPA report could work in your community? Join the PIPA experts from the 1:30 session and others in a conversation about the specifics of PIPA, and share ideas on how to promote and implement it effectively nationwide.
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 4:45 Breakout Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
Early Success Stories and Challenges of the Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance
• Assoc. of Washington Cities’ State-wide Educational Efforts – Jim Doherty, MRSC
• Whatcom County, WA, Pipeline Safety Ordinance – Carl Weimer, Whatcom County Council
• Montgomery County, Virginia – Steve Sandy, Planning Director
Breakout Session – Iberville Room
PHMSA One Year Later – Where’s the Community Technical Assistant Grant program been, where’s it going? - Sam Hall, PHMSA
5:30 – 7:00 Pipeline Safety Trust Board of Directors’ Reception for Attendees - The Royal
Ballroom (Snacks and Drinks)
DAY TWO – Friday, November 5th
8:00 – 9:00 Continental Breakfast Provided - La Nouvelle Orleans
9:00 – 9:30 Day 2 Keynote – La Nouvelle Orleans
Pipeline Safety - Getting There From Many Directions
Cynthia Quarterman, Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
9:30 – 10:00 General Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
Tools to compare pipeline operator performance - Demonstration of PHMSA’s new Pipeline Operators and Inspection website - Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, PHMSA & Christie Murray, National Community Assistance & Technical Services Coordinator,
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:30 Breakout Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
A million gallons of oil in the Kalamazoo River – What did government officials and the community learn?
• Trying to tell the Enbridge Story - Chris Killian, newspaper reporter, Michigan
• Trying to tell the San Bruno Story - Martin Ricard, Editor, San Bruno Patch
• Local Impact - Robert Whitesides, Kalamazoo River Watershed Council
Breakout Session – Iberville Room
Just Completed PHMSA Technical Assistance Grants: Educating Communities about Pipelines and Pipeline Safety
• Libby Willis, President, Fort Worth League of Neighborhood Associations, Texas
• Eileen Juico, Project Consultant, West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania
• Anthony Moscarelli, Project Coordinator, Healthy Community Research, Suisun City, California
11:30 - 1:00 – LUNCH – On Your Own
1:00 – 2:00 Breakout Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
TransCanada’s Keystone Pipelines – What’s all the Buzz?
• Overview of the pipelines purpose, need, and safety features – Robert Jones, Vice President, Keystone Pipelines
• Concerns of those living near the pipeline – Paul Blackburn, Plains Justice
• Overarching concerns with the development of the tar sands – Ryan Salmon, National Wildlife Federation
Breakout Session - Iberville Room
Just Starting PHMSA Technical Assistance Grants: What Communities Want To Know
• Creating a Chester County, PA coalition for pipeline safety, Lynda Farrell, S.A.V.E.
• Forest vegetation as an indicator of natural gas leaks, Dr. Donald Davis, Penn State University
• A Scientific Approach to Determining Potential Pipeline Failure in a Streambed, Larry Blair, Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority
• Develop a standard for the design of the rural water pipelines that cross under crude oil pipelines, Dr Devin DeBoer, South Dakota State University
2:00 – 3:00 Breakout Sessions – La Nouvelle Orleans
Spill Response Plans – why are they a secret?
• Current requirements for the development and review of response plans – Alan Mayberry, PHMSA
• What are the security concerns? – Jack Fox, General Manager, Pipeline Security, TSA
• Planning and Preparing for Spills – Aaron Martinez, NuStar Energy
•More transparent systems of response planning – Kelli Gustaf, WA State Spill Program
3:00 – 3:15 General Session—La Nouvelle Orleans - Closing
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