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Pipeline Safety – Getting to Zero
Nearly everyone says getting to zero incidents is the primary safety goal,
so how do we do that?

Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, Louisiana
November 17th & 18th, 2011

DAY ONE –Thursday, November 17th

Welcoming Comments from Carl Weimer, Executive Director of the Pipeline Safety Trust View Carl Weimer's PowerPoint Slides

Christopher Hart, Vice Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board - introduction by Carl Weimer View Mr. Hart's PowerPoint slides

9:30 – 10:45 General Session - La Nouvelle Orleans Congressional Reauthorization and PHMSA Rulemakings – Enough to avoid future tragedies?
Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator, PHMSA View Mr. Wiese's Powerpoint slides Or as a PDF)

Andy Black, President & CEO, Association of Oil Pipe Lines View Mr. Black's Powerpoint slides Or as a PDF)

Alex Oehler, Director, Goverment and Community Relations, NiSource Inc.

Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust View Mr. Black's Powerpoint slides Or as a PDF)

PHMSA Panel

11:00 – 12:15 General Session - La Nouvelle Orleans One Year Later - What has the Public Learned from the San Bruno Tragedy?
Bruce Brabec, Pipeline Safety Trust

The Honorable Jackie Speier, U.S. Congresswoman, California (taped)

The Honorable Jim Ruane, Mayor, San Bruno, CA

Connie Jackson, City Manager, San Bruno, CA View Ms. Jackson's PowerPoint slides

Jaxon Van Derbeken, Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle

Kimberly Archie & Rene Morales, Gas Pipeline Safety Foundation, San Bruno, CA View Ms. Archie's PowerPoint slides

San Bruno Speakers Panel

1:30 – 2:30 General Session - La Nouvelle Orleans San Bruno – Lessons Learned – Were PG&E’s practices an anomaly or the tip of a bigger problem? How would we know?
Alan Mayberry, Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations, PHMSA View Mr. Mayberry's PowerPoint Presentation Or as a pdf.

Randy Knepper, National Vice-Chair, National Assoc. of Pipeline Safety Reps View Mr. Knepper's PowerPoint presentation

Terry Boss, Senior VP of Environment, Safety & Operations, INGAA View Mr. Boss's PowerPoint presentation

Nick Stavropoulos, Executive Vice President, Gas Operations, PG&E

Breakout Session – Cabildo Room

Corrosion is the leading cause of transmission pipeline incidents –
How do we fix that?

• Cheryl Trench, President Allegro Energy Consulting
• Joe Mataich, Southern Region CATS Manager, PHMSA
• Oliver Moghissi, President, NACE International

2:30 – 3:45 Breakout Session - La Nouvelle Orleans Health effects from spills – what is really known?
Deb Miller, Affected citizen from the Enbridge spill, Marshall MI View Ms. Miller's PowerPoint Presentation

James Rutherford, Health Officer, Calhoun County, MI View Mr. Rutherford's PowerPoint presentation

Michael & Nina Vought, Affected Citizens from the Chevron Spill, Salt Lake City View The Vought's Presi presentation (zip file)

Robin Carbaugh, Ombuds, Salt Lake City, UT View Ms. Carbaugh's PowerPoint presentation

Breakout Session – Cabildo Room
Leak detection - Lots of talk – How well can it really work?

• Harold Winnie, Central Region CATS Manager, PHMSA

• Larry Davied, Vice President, Technical Services, Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.
• Randall Allen, Associate Staff Consultant, UTSI International

4:00 – 5:00 Breakout Session - La Nouvelle Orleans With All the New Drilling, Gathering Pipelines Are Going In all Over – Is This a Problem?
A brief video at the start of this session

John Jacobi, Southwestern Region CATS Manager, PHMSA View Mr. Jacobi's PowerPoint presentation Or as a PDF

Randy Knepper, National Vice-Chair, National Assoc. of Pipeline Safety Reps. View Ms. Millers's PowerPoint Presentation

Emily Krafjack, Community, Municipal & Env. Liaison, Wyoming County, PA View Ms. Krafjack's PowerPoint Presentation

Breakout Session – Cabildo Room
A Sampling of PHMSA's Recent Awards of Technical Assistance Grants to Communities

• Roberta Winters, VP for Issues and Action, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
• Rebecca Craven, Program Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
• Lynda Farrell, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Coalition

DAY TWO – Friday, November 18th - 9:00 – 9:30 Day 2 Keynote – La Nouvelle Orleans Pipeline Safety – A Call to Action
Cynthia Quarterman, Administrator, PHMSA

9:30 – 10:00 General Session – La Nouvelle Orleans Public Awareness Program (video) relating to unsecured oil and gas sites
Vidisha Parasram, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board View the CSB video, "No Place To Hang Out"

10:00 – 11:00 General Session – La Nouvelle Orleans You Don’t Always Have To Be Told What To Do - Industry Initiatives to Make Things Safer
Andy Drake, VP Spectra Energy View Mr. Drake's PowerPoint Presentation

Craig Pierson, President, Marathon Pipelines View Ms. Pierson's PowerPoint Presentation

Christina Sames, Vice President of Operations and Engineering, AGA View Ms. Sames' PowerPoint Presentation

11:15 – 12:15 General Session – La Nouvelle Orleans Aging infrastructure? Where’s it a problem and what’s the fix?
The Honorable Ed Pawlowski, Mayor, Allentown PA

Linda Daugherty, Deputy Associate Administrator, Policy & Programs, PHMSA View Ms. Daugherty's PowerPoint slides.

Mark McDonald, President, New England Gas Workers Association View Mr. McDonald's PowerPoint slides.

Sue Fleck, Vice President of Engineering Standards & Policy, National Grid View Ms. Fleck's PowerPoint slides.

1:30 – 2:30 General Session - La Nouvelle Orleans PIPA Implementation – Anything Happening?
Julie Halliday, Senior Program Manager, PHMSA View Ms. Halliday's PowerPoint presentation

Susan Waller, Vice President of Stakeholder Outreach, Spectra Energy View Ms. Waller's PowerPoint presentation

James Davenport, Program Director, National Association of Counties

Rebecca Craven, Program Director, Pipeline Safety Trust View Ms. Craven's PowerPoint presentation

2:30 – 2:45 General Session—La Nouvelle Orleans Closing
Carl Weimer and Bob Rackleff