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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
All times are Central Standard Time
DAY ONE –Thursday, November 17th
9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Comments
9:10 – 9:30 Opening Address
Christopher Hart, Vice Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board
9:30 – 10:45 General Session
Congressional Reauthorization and PHMSA Rulemakings – Enough to avoid future tragedies?
• Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator, PHMSA
• Andy Black , President & CEO, Association of Oil Pipe Lines
• Alex Oehler, Director, Goverment and Community Relations, NiSource Inc.
• Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:15 General Session
One Year Later - What has the Public Learned from the San Bruno Tragedy?
• The Honorable Jackie Speier, U.S. Congresswoman, California (taped)
• Jaxon Van Derbeken, Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
• Rene Morales & Kimberly Archie, Gas Pipeline Safety Foundation, San Bruno, CA
• The Honorable Jim Ruane, Mayor & Connie Jackson, City Manager, San Bruno, CA
12:15 – 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:30 Breakout Session
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
• Randy Knepper, National Vice-Chair, National Assoc. of Pipeline Safety Reps.
• Terry Boss, Senior VP of Environment, Safety & Operations, INGAA
• Nick Stavropoulos, Executive Vice President, Gas Operations, PG&E
2:30 – 3:45 Breakout Session
Health effects from spills – what is really known?
• Deb Miller, Affected citizen from the Enbridge spill, Marshall Mi
• James Rutherford, Health Officer, Calhoun County, MI
• Michael & Nina Vought – Affected Citizens from the Chevron Spill, Salt Lake City
• Robin Carbaugh, Ombuds, Salt Lake City, UT
3:45 – 4:00 Break
4:00 – 5:00 Breakout Session
With All the New Drilling, Gathering Pipelines Are Going In all Over – Is This a Problem?
• John Jacobi, Southwestern Region CATS Manager, PHMSA
• Randy Knepper, National Vice-Chair, National Assoc. of Pipeline Safety Reps.
• Emily Krafjack, Community, Municipal & Env. Liaison, Wyoming County, PA
DAY TWO – Friday, November 18th
9:00 – 9:30 Day 2 Keynote
Pipeline Safety – A Call to Action - Cynthia Quarterman, Administrator, PHMSA
9:30 – 10:00 General Session
Public Awareness Program (video) relating to unsecured oil and gas sites
Vidisha Parasram, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
10:00 – 11:00 General Session
You Don’t Always Have To Be Told What To Do - Industry Initiatives to Make Things Safer
• Andy Drake, VP Spectra Energy
• Tim Felt, President and CEO, Colonial Pipeline
• Christina Sames, Vice President of Operations and Engineering, AGA
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:15 General Session
Aging infrastructure? Where’s it a problem and what’s the fix?
• Linda Daugherty, Deputy Associate Administrator, Policy & Programs, PHMSA
• The Honorable Ed Pawlowski, Mayor, Allentown PA
• Sue Fleck, Vice President of Engineering Standards & Policy, National Grid
• Mark McDonald, President, New England Gas Workers Association
12:15 – 1:30 – Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:30 General Session
PIPA Implementation – Anything Happening?
• Julie Halliday – Senior Program Manager, PHMSA
• Susan Waller, Vice President of Stakeholder Outreach, Spectra Energy
• James Davenport, Program Director, National Association of Counties
• Rebecca Craven, Program Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
2:30 – 2:45 General Session - Closing
