Meeting Information | |
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Status | Completed |
Starts | Jul 31, 2003 at 10:00am |
Ends | Jul 31, 2003 at 2:00pm |
Web Page | http://www.cycla.com/tacs |
Location | Rm 4236, U.S. DOT, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, D.C. |
Purpose & Summary |
OPS is convening a meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC). Advisory Committee members will participate via telephone conference call. |
Results | |
Additional Information | |
The Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee is meeting to discuss and vote on the cost-benefit analysis for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, "Pipeline Integrity Management for Gas Transmission Pipelines in High Consequence Areas" (67 FR 4278) and discuss and vote on recommended guidance on how to clarify, in the final rule, the process of identifying certain sites as high consequence areas. RSPA/OPS will brief the TPSSC on the Department of Transportation's conceptual framework for a five-year research and development program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities as required by Section 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002. RSPA/OPS staff will also brief the Committee and request their advice on a possible rulemaking to update the gas pipeline operator personnel qualification regulation. |