On Demand Video Clips From the 2012 Pipeline Safety Trust Conference Speakers
Pipeline Safety – Trust But Verify
What does that look like for pipeline safety?
Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, Louisiana
November 8th & 9th, 2012
DAY ONE –Thursday, November 8th
9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Comments– La Nouvelle Orleans
9:10 – 9:40 Opening Address – La Nouvelle Orleans
9:40 – 10:00 Power Briefing – Regulatory Update – What’s PHMSA Working On?
10:00 – 11:00 General Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
Industry Panel – Efforts toward safety. The Industry has committed to zero incidents, so why do they keep happening? What recent changes has your company made to prevent incidents, how do you prioritize your efforts, how would the public know?
- Craig Pierson, President, Marathon Pipelines
- Pete Kirsch, Sr. Vice President of Midstream Technical & Compliance Services, Centerpoint Energy
- Don Kopczynski, Vice President of Operations, AvistaCorporation
- Industry Panel Q & A
11:15 – 12:15 General Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
Regulator Panel – Verifying Safety. Is your agency doing all that is possible to ensure safety? If not – what more would you like to do and what are the constraints? How could the public know what you are doing and help with the constraints?
- Alan Mayberry, Deputy Associate Administrator For Policy and Programs, PHMSA
- Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Randy Knepper, Chair, National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives & Director, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission’s Safety Division
- Claudine Bradley, Technical Leader, National Energy Board, Canada
1:30 – 2:30 Breakout Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
Pipeline Safety Standards Incorporated Into the Federal Regulations. Who writes them, who gets to see them and how, is this a problem that needs fixing?
- Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
- Helena Seelinger, Chair, Pipeline Standards Development Organizations Coordinating Council
- Vanessa Sutherland, Chief Counsel, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (invited)
- Standards Q & A
Breakout Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
Integrity Management for transmission pipelines ten years later – What’s been learned, what needs to be tweaked?
- Andy Drake, Vice President of Asset Integrity, Spectra Energy Transmission
- Larry Shelton, Manager of Asset Integrity, Sunoco Logistics
- Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
- Integrity Management Q & A
4:00 – 5:00 Breakout Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
Landowners Panel – What are landowner concerns that could put landowners at odds with pipeline companies and regulators. Thoughts on ways to better alleviate those concerns and work together better.
- Emily Krafjack, Mehoopany, Pennsylvania
- Jeffrey Insko, Rochester, Michigan
- Bonnie Kruse, Seward, Nebraska
DAY TWO – Friday, November 9th
9:00 – 9:30 Day 2 Keynote – La Nouvelle Orleans
9:30 – 10:15 General Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
What Could Trust Look Like? What would citizens like to see? What can industry and regulators provide?
What kind of information and outreach would build trust that the pipelines near you are being run safely?
- Amber Pappas, Senior Public Awareness Specialist, Enterprise Products
- Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
10:30 – 11:45 General Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
Emergency Response – Whose responsibility is a quick response? How quick is quick enough? How can local emergency response organizations be engaged before something happens?
- Steve Fischer, Director of Program Development for the Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
- Randy Knepper, Chair, National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives & Director,
New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission’s Safety Division
1:00 – 2:00 General Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
New Voices in Pipeline Safety – What is the public concerned about and how are they addressing those concerns?
- Glenn R. Archambault, Phoenix, OR
- Suzanne Cunningham, Salt Lake City, UT
- Kim Savage, MI
- Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, Barrow, AK
- Mike Holsmstrom, San Jose, CA
- Lynda K. Farrell, Pennsylvania
- Ben Gotshall, NE
- Anthony Moscarelli, Suisun City, CA
- Roberta Winters, PA
- Bruce Brabec, WA