Technical Advisory Committee Meetings

The OPS Technical Advisory Committees will meet June 15th and 16th, 2005, to discuss various regulatory issues. These meetings are open to the public.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC) and Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC) will meet in joint sessions on Wednesday, June 15 and Thursday, June 16, 2005, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, to discuss various regulatory issues. The meetings will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel (Pentagon City), 1250 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202.

These meetings are open to the public. For additional information regarding these meetings contact: Cheryl Whetsel, Office of Pipeline Safety, phone: 202-366-4431, Email: cheryl.whetsel @ dot.gov.

The public may make short statements on the topics under discussion. Anyone wishing to make an oral statement should contact Ms. Whetsel, not later than May 31, 2005, on the topic and the length of the presentation. The presiding officer at each meeting may deny any request to present an oral statement and may limit the time of any presentation.

You may submit written comments by mail or deliver them to the Dockets Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room PL�401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590�0001. You also may submit written comments to the docket electronically by logging onto the following Internet Web address: http://dms.dot.gov. Click on "Help & Information'' for instructions on how to file a document electronically. All written comments should reference docket number RSPA�98�4470. Anyone who would like confirmation of mailed comments must include a self-addressed stamped postcard.

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