Presentations and Agenda
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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
9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Comments – La Nouvelle Orleans
9:10 – 9:30 Opening Address – La Nouvelle Orleans
Christopher Hart, Vice Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board
9:30 – 10:45 General Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
Congressional Reauthorization and PHMSA Rulemakings – Enough to avoid future tragedies?
• Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator, PHMSA (as a PDF)
• 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 (as a PDF)
11:00 – 12:15 General Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
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 (as a PDF)
• The Honorable Jim Ruane, Mayor & Connie Jackson, City Manager, San Bruno, CA
1:30 – 2:30 Breakout 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 (as a PDF)
• 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
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
• 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
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 (as a PDF)
• Randy Knepper, National Vice-Chair, National Assoc. of Pipeline Safety Reps.
• Emily Krafjack, Community, Municipal & Env. Liaison, Wyoming County, PA
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
CSB Video - "No Place To Hang Out"
Vidisha Parasram, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
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
• Craig Pierson, President, Marathon Pipelines
• Christina Sames, Vice President of Operations and Engineering, AGA
11:15 – 12:15 General Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
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
1:30 – 2:30 General Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
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—La Nouvelle Orleans - Closing
