Presentation Documents 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
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
- 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)
Breakout Session – Cabildo Room
Labor Panel – Are the high-minded commitments to safety from the leadership of the pipeline companies working in the trenches?
- Mark McDonald, President, New England Gas Workers Association
- Chris Schildroth, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local #2, Missouri
- Charlie Rittenhouse, President, Utility Workers Union of America Local 69, AFL-CIO, West Virginia
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
Breakout Session – Cabildo Room
Environmental Panel – What are the environmental concerns that could put environmental groups at odds with pipeline companies and regulators. Thoughts on ways to work together better.
- Beth Wallace, Community Outreach Regional Coordinator, National Wildlife Federation
- Anthony Swift, Attorney, International Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Gabe Scott, Alaska Field Representative, Cascadia Wildlands
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
Breakout Session – Cabildo Room
Inspections – what does that term really mean? Differences between, and descriptions of, regulator and operator inspections. Is there room for improvement and greater transparency?
- Alan Mayberry, Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations, PHMSA
- David Lykken, Pipeline Safety Director, Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission
- Brian Sitterly, Integrity and Regulatory Services Manager, Shell Pipeline
DAY TWO – Friday, November 9th
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
- Larry Hjalmarson, Vice President of Safety, Environmental & Pipeline Integrity, Williams Gas Pipelines
- Jordan Janak, Senior Director, Environmental & Regulatory Compliance, Plains All American Pipeline
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
- Susan M. Connolly, Marshall, MI
- Suzanne Cunningham, Salt Lake City, UT
- Bruce Brabec, Bonaire
- Lynda K. Farrell, Pennsylvania
- Mike Holmstrom, San Jose, CA
- Ben Gotshall, NE
- Anthony Moscarelli, Suisun City, CA
- Kim Savage, MI
- Roberta Winters, PA