Transcript NAPSR Combo Draft v2

2011 Pipeline Safety Trust Conference
Pipeline Safety – Getting to Zero
Nearly everyone says getting to zero incidents is the primary pipeline safety goal,
so how do we do that?
Julie Halliday, Program Development
DOT – PHMSA – OPS
November 18, 2011
PIPA’s aim is to prevent…
Effects of Land Development in Close
Proximity to Pipeline ROW
Greater Likelihood of
Damage to the Pipeline
Higher Potential
Consequences of Failure
PIPA Promotes Risk-Informed
Land Use Planning and
Communication
PIPA Report
•
Published Dec. 2010 as a
web-based document
•
Printable – entire report or
prepared reports of
recommended practices,
sorted by stakeholder
audience taking action
www.PIPA-Info.com
PIPA Report
• Stakeholders
• Benefits and Risks
• Recommended Practices (BL & ND)
• Appendices:
o Model ordinance
o Matrix of general
acceptability/unacceptability of
proposed land uses of ROWs
o Technical information
Local Governments
BL01 Obtain Transmission Pipeline
Mapping Data
National
Pipeline
Mapping
System
(NPMS)
www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov
ND23 Consider Site Emergency Response
Plans in Land Use Development
Consider:
• Access to shutoff valves
• Access for emergency
response
personnel/equipment
• Location/capacity of fire
hydrants
• Potential ICS, triage, and
staging areas
Operators –
BL08 Manage Land Records
• Easement
• Easement Amendment
• Encroachment
Agreement
• Letter of No Objection
• Partial Release
BL15 Enhance Damage Prevention
Practices near High-Priority
Subsurface Facilities
Examples:
• Pre-excavation meeting on site
with the operator and contractor
• “Pot hole“ to verify utility locates
or mark-outs.
• Operator onsite during all
excavation.
Developer/Public –
ND11 Reduce Transmission Pipeline Risk
through Design and Location of New Parking
Lots and Parking Structures
ND24 Install Temporary Markers
on Edge of Transmission Pipeline Right-of-Way
Prior to Construction Adjacent to Right-of-Way
Real Estate CommissionsBL18 Disclose Transmission Pipeline
Easements in
Real Estate Transactions
PIPA Communication Team
NAPSR
PHMSA
PHMSA
NAHB
NACo
Cynthia Munyon
Julie Halliday
Steve Fischer
Debbie Bassert
Jim Philipps
NACo
James Davenport
NLC
PST
PST
CGA
RCP
INGAA
INGAA
API/AOPL
API/AOPL
AGA
AGA
CYCLA
Julia Pulidindi
Carl Weimer
Rebecca Craven
Erika Lee
Amber Pappas
Susan Waller
Dwayne Teschendorf
Gina Greenslate
Terri Larson
Phil Bennett
Lydia Meiqs
Herb Wilhite
Goal Engage local governments to
promote their awareness of and
support their implementation of the
PIPA recommended practices for
land use planning and development
near transmission pipelines.
Challenges
• Pipelines previously unaddressed by local governments
• Reaching the right person in a local government
# local governments x # roles affected by PIPA RPs
(25,000 X 6)
(elected official, planning director, emergency manager,
public works, GIS, zoning, permitting)
• Current low level of awareness about PIPA
• Not a planning priority except when incident happens
• Need to find ways to integrate into routine planning
discussions
• Timing of message …
Timings Everything
PSIA
TRB2002
PIPA
20042007
RPs 2011
Communication Plan
Criteria
• Focus on local governments
• Use target audience’s terminology
• Foster government/operator/regulator relationships
• Use existing, authoritative, trusted communication channels
• Sustainable path
• Recognize the long-term, evolutionary process of planning
Objective
• Raise awareness of pipelines and PIPA
• Implement tangible, short-term actions
• Locate and map transmission pipelines; Driver?
• Urgent and important message – Emergency Preparedness?
PIPA Resources
PIPA Website
www.PIPA-Info.com
What are the potential risks to
building next to a pipeline?
National discussion about risk Building Safe Communities: Pipeline
Risk and its Application to Local
Development Decisions
Local risk is site-specific and pipeline
dependant (e.g. diameter, pressure,
wall thickness, product transported).
Communities have varying levels of
risk tolerance.
Federal Technical Assistance Grants
• Purpose: to make grants to local communities and
organizations for technical assistance related to pipeline
safety issues (includes implementing PIPA RPs)
• Solicitation will be posted Dec.- Jan. 2011/close Feb. 2012
• Awards to be made by September 2012
• Local governments can sign up for alerts on
http://www.grants.gov to be notified when the solicitation
is published
• Please help PHMSA spread the word to local governments.
Examples of PIPA Related TAG Grants
 Mapping of transmission pipelines
 Implementation of a pipeline overlay district
 Adoption of a consultation zone and planning area
ordinance.
 Creation of a web site with information and marketing
materials for local public officials to assist in their
introduction of the Consultation Zone idea (RPs BL04 &
BL05)
 Production of a communications plan to educate
property owners about responsibilities regarding
pipelines and easements, how to identify integrity
issues related to the pipeline operations, and the
importance of a vegetation management program.
Thank you for your time and
interest in pipeline safety!
Questions?
www.PIPA-Info.com