PHMSA Meeting Registration

All Meetings from 2017:

2017 Meetings

1. 12/13/2017  Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC) and Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC) #127
2. 11/29/2017  Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group #126
3. 11/17/2017  Coastal Ecological Unusually Sensitive Areas Public Meeting #129
4. 06/29/2017  Meeting of the Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group #125
5. 06/06/2017  Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee #123
6. 01/11/2017  Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee Meeting #121

1. December 13, 2017 "Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC) and Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC)"
   Location: HILTON ARLINGTON, VA, 950 North Stafford St. Arlington VA 22203
   Overview:

   This notice announces both a public meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC), to discuss topics and provisions of the proposed rule titled "Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines," and a joint meeting of the GPAC and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC). The purpose of the joint meeting of the GPAC and LPAC is to discuss a variety of policy issues and topics relative to pipeline safety.

   Committee Background
   The GPAC and the LPAC are statutorily mandated advisory committees that advise PHMSA on proposed gas pipeline and hazardous liquid pipeline safety standards, respectively, and their associated risk assessments. The committees are established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, as amended) and 49 U.S.C. 60115. The committees consist of 15 members with membership evenly divided among Federal and State governments, the regulated industry, and the general public. The committees advise PHMSA on the technical feasibility, reasonableness, cost-effectiveness, and practicability of each proposed pipeline safety standard.

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2. November 29, 2017 "Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group"
   Location: Hilton Arlington, Virginia
   Overview:

   The purpose of the committee meeting will be to discuss the objective and scope of the VIS effort, lessons learned from past incidents, best practices, examples of existing information-sharing systems, safety management systems, and the establishment of subcommittees. The goal of this committee is to provide recommendations to the Secretary as required and specifically outlined in Section 10 of Public Law 114-183.

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3. November 17, 2017 "Coastal Ecological Unusually Sensitive Areas Public Meeting"

   NOTE: Please register to participate in this public meeting by using the in-person registration option and indicate in the comment section if you plan to attend virtually or in-person.

   Location: US DOT HQ, 1200 New Jersey Ave SE, Washington, DC 20590 and Virtually
   Overview:

   This notice announces a one-day public meeting to discuss applicable definitions and available geospatial information system (GIS) data sources for marine coastal waters, coastal beaches and the Great Lakes, pertaining to Coastal Ecological Unusually Sensitive Areas (USA).

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4. June 29, 2017 "Meeting of the Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group"

   The AGENDA file is available below.

   Location: Hilton Arlington, Virginia
   Overview:

   This notice announces a public meeting of the recently created Voluntary Information-Sharing System (VIS) Working Group. The VIS Working Group will convene to continue the discussion on the need for, and the identification of, a voluntary information-sharing system.

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5. June  6, 2017 "Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee"
   Location: The Westin Arlington Gateway
   Overview:

   The GPAC will meet to continue discussing topics and provisions for the proposed rule titled "Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines." A meeting notice will appear in the Federal Register early next week.

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6. January 11, 2017 "Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee Meeting"

   "The hotel room block is full; advisory committee members have priority in the block."

   The correct hotel is:

   HILTON ARLINGTON, VA

   950 North Stafford St.

   Arlington VA 22203

   Location: Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203
   Overview:

   The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will hold a public meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC) on January 11-12, 2017 (previously scheduled for December 5 & 6). The meeting will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The GPAC will be discussing the proposed rule, "Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines" published in the Federal Register on April 8, 2016, (81 FR 20722), and the associated regulatory analysis.

   The meeting will be held at the Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA. Additional information regarding hotel and meeting registration and the agenda will be published on this registration page (https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=121). The meetings will not be web cast.

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