U' S' Department of Transportation

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U. S. Department of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration
www.dot.gov
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Enhancing Pipeline Safety in Your Community
With YOU! Community Assistance and Technical
Services Karen Butler Restoring Trust in Pipeline
Safety Conference Nov. 3, 2006

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• THANK YOU!

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What Does PHMSA Regulate?

• 1.2 million daily movements of Hazardous
  Materials by pipeline, truck, rail, waterways,
  and air
• 30 of all freight shipped each year including
  fuels and gases by pipeline
• 3.1 billion tons of freight shipped annually
• 2.3 million miles of Gas and Liquid Pipelines
• 64 of all energy products consumed annually

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PHMSA Responsibilities

• Data Analysis
• Regulations Standards
• Approvals and Special Permits
• International Harmonization
• Training and Public Outreach
• Enforcement
• Emergency Response
• Grants Program
• Research Development

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PHMSAPipeline Safety Program

• MISSION To ensure the
• SAFE,
• RELIABLE,
• and
• ENVIRONMENTALLY
• SOUND
• operation of the Nations pipeline
  transportation system

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People Call When

• Code Question Exists
• Want to Understand Who Regulates What
• Need to Know Operators In Their Area
• New Pipeline Route Affects Their Property
• Something Significant Has Happened in Their Area
• Pipeline Operator Asks For A Waiver
• Pipeline Operator is Clearing the Right-Of-Way
• When the Pipeline is at Risk
• Pipeline Operator Has Irritated Them
• Unhappy with the Easement Agreement
• Public Hearings/Open Houses Take Place

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Shared Knowledge and Responsibility

• Follow-up on Public Calls
• NPMS
• First Responder Training
• Stakeholder Website
• State Statistics
• Public Awareness Rule

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Pillar 3 - Stewardship In a Changing
WorldCommunity Assistance Technical Services
(CATS)

• PHMSA Program to improve Communications with
  variety of Pipeline Safety Stakeholders
  Especially YOU!
• Serve on Common Ground Alliance Committees to
  improve Damage Prevention Practices, Education,
  Data Collection
• Work with State Partners to assess and strengthen
  State Damage Prevention programs
• Technical Services COTR, CCERT
• Provide Pipeline Safety information during DOS
  and FERC Hearings for new gas pipelines and LNG
  facilities
• Leading Pipeline Repair Permit efforts

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Ways To Impact Safety

• Use Your Senses and Act on Them
• Use Your CATS Team If Needed
• Remember Your State Pipeline Partner
• PROVIDE COMMENTS at FERC and Department of State
  Public Meetings
• USE YOUR One-Call
• Allow Required Time/ 811
• Get Help To Understand What Is Jurisdictional
• Contact State Environmental Agencies If Needed
• Ask the Question!

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Ways To Impact Safety

• Know APIs Guideline on Property Development
• Be Familiar With Your Easement Restrictions
• Continue to Communicate with Others
• Remember, You Change LAW!
• Federal Pipeline Safety Act Input
• NPRM Participation
• State Eminent Domain Law
• Real Estate Law for the State
• State, County, City
• Zoning
• Setbacks
• Permit Requirements
• School Boards

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Public and PHMSA A Partnership for Safety

• There are numerous ways we can work together to
  enhance the safety of our Nations communities
• karen.butler_at_dot.gov
• 816-329-3835

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Irish Blessing

• May you never forget what is worth remembering,
• and
• May you never remember what is best forgotten.

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U. S. Department of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration
www.dot.gov