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Archived Meetings

Underground Natural Gas Storage (UNGS) Public Meeting and Forum

Online in-person registration has been closed because the General Session room has reached its seating capacity. Registration for the virtual webcast is still open.

Meeting Information
Status Completed
Starts May 16, 2023 at 8:00 AM MT
Ends May 17, 2023 at 4:00 PM MT
Location Broomfield, CO
Virtual Information

http://www.onlinevideoservice.com/clients/PHMSA/0523/


Meeting Connection Issues: If you experience connection issues, please contact Janice Morgan by phone at (202) 815-4705 or via email at janice.morgan @ dot.gov and specify the meeting name.
Purpose & Summary

PHMSA will host a two-day Safety of Underground Natural Gas Storage (UNGS) Public Meeting and Forum in May in Broomfield, Colorado. The Agency is hosting this informational meeting as part of its core mission to improve safety through better communications between PHMSA, the public, and the regulated community. PHMSA intends to answer questions, address concerns, and provide an opportunity to speak with the regulated community.

The meeting will provide a forum for discussion of multiple topics related to UNGS, including: drivers for UNGS regulation, state partners, Interim Final Rule (IFR) to Final Rule (FR) changes, UNGS inspection processes, frequently asked questions (FAQs), jurisdictional coverage, incorporation by reference (IBR) of American Petroleum Institutes'(API) Recommended Practice (RP) 1171 and RP1170, general enforcement processes, common operator challenges, well annulus monitoring and exceedances, surface and subsurface safety valves (SSVs and SSSVs, respectively), best practices, and lessons learned from incidents.

Results
Additional Information

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

UNGS Public Meeting Agenda 2023 -- see below

Files
 File Type05/12/2023: 2023 PHMSA UNGS Public Meeting
2023_PHMSA_UNGS_Public_Meeting_Agenda_FINAL.pdf (74 KB)
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 File Type05/16/2023: Tues.01
Tues_01-Welcome.pdf (620 KB)
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 File Type05/16/2023: Tues.02
Tues_02-Safety_Minute_-_E_Bike_Fires_.pdf (830 KB)
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 File Type05/16/2023: Tues.03
Tues_03-Key_Note_Presentation.pdf (417 KB)
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 File Type05/16/2023: Tues.04
Tues_04-State_Programs.pdf (1,370 KB)
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 File Type05/16/2023: Tues.05
Tues_05-Regulatory_Overview-Part_192.pdf (1,587 KB)
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Tues_06-Part_191_Reporting.pdf (178 KB)
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Tues_07-Inspection_Data.pdf (333 KB)
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Tues_08-FAQs_.pdf (945 KB)
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 File Type05/16/2023: Tues.09
Tues_09-Annular_Gas_Monitoring.pdf (1,022 KB)
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 File Type05/16/2023: Tues.10
Tues_10-Wellsite_and_Wellhead_Security_and_Safety.pdf (928 KB)
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Tues_11-Best_Practices_Wellhead_Inspection.pdf (1,781 KB)
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Tues_12-Risk_Management.pdf (1,228 KB)
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 File Type05/16/2023: Tues.13
Tues_13-API_RP_1170_1171_Second_Edition_Review_AGA.pdf (1,203 KB)
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 File Type05/17/2023: Wed.01
Wed_01-Welcome.pdf (632 KB)
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Wed_02-Common_Operator_Issues.pdf (1,037 KB)
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Wed_03-Enforcement_thru_April_2023.pdf (461 KB)
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Wed_04-Lessons_Learned.pdf (212 KB)
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 File Type05/17/2023: Wed.05
Wed_05-R-D_projects.pdf (869 KB)
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 File Type05/17/2023:  Wed.06-07
Wed_06-07-Baker_Hughes_HRVRT_INTEX_ULTEX.pdf (3,738 KB)
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 File Type05/17/2023: Wed.08
Wed_08-FERC-PHMSA_and_UNGS.pdf (994 KB)
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 File Type05/17/2023: Wed.09
Wed_09-Wrap-up.pdf (178 KB)
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