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2014 Conference WEBCAST Agenda – starts at 9:00AM CST
Pipeline Safety – Developing Industry Awareness
Closing the gap between what the industry and public want to talk about
Royal Sonesta Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana – November 20th & 21st, 2014
DAY ONE –Thursday, November 20th
9:00 – 9:10Welcoming Comments
• Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
9:10 – 9:30Opening Address
• Paul Roberti, Commissioner Rhode Island PUC & Chairman of the NARUC Committee on Pipeline Safety
9:30 – 10:45Climate change, what do pipelines have to do with it?
• Dan Utech, Director for Energy and Climate Change, White House Domestic Policy Council
• Mark Brownstein, Associate Vice President & Chief Counsel, Environmental Defense Fund
• Christina Sames, Vice President of Operations & Engineering, American Gas Association (AGA)
• Alan Mayberry, Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs, PHMSA
10:45 – 11:00Break
11:00 – 11:20Food For Thought Session – Fines or no fines? – Differing state enforcement strategies
• David Lykken, Director, Pipeline Safety, Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission
• Robert Miller, Pipeline Safety Supervisor, Arizona Corporation Commission
11:20 – 12:15Developing Industry and Regulator Awareness: What the public wants to know and wants you to know
• Barb Dickison, Chair, Pendleton County Planning Commission, Kentucky
• Jack Petropoulos, Groton, Massachusetts Pipeline Working Group
• John Tynan, Director of Customer Relations & Public Affairs, Central Arkansas Water
• Emily Ferguson, Shared Value Solutions, Ontario, Canada
12:15 – 1:30Lunch Break
1:30 – 1:55Food For Thought Session – Exporting our energy resources – the pros and cons
• John Erickson, Vice President of Operations, American Public Gas Association
• Karen Haase, Senior Policy Advisor, American Petroleum Association
• Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
1:55 – 3:00What the public wants to know – Why Aren’t Gathering lines regulated or in One Call systems? What happens when they are?
• Bill Kiger, President, PA1Call
• Bill Rau, Moab, UT
• Peter Chace, Chief, Gas Pipeline Safety Section, Ohio Public Utilities Commission
3:00 – 3:15Break
3:15 – 4:30Safety Management Systems – the next big thing?
• Ron McClain, President of Product Pipelines, Kinder Morgan
• Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
• Craig Pierson, President, Marathon Pipe Line LLC
DAY TWO – Friday, November 21st
9:00 – 9:20Keynote
• Bob Kipp, President, Common Ground Alliance
9:20 – 10:30They do it differently in Canada – Real public involvement?
• Dana Cornea, Director, Applications, National Energy Board of Canada (NEB) – Participant Funding Program
• Melanie Omeniho, Chief Administrative Officer, Metis Regional Council – Zone IV
• Jim Donihee, Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) – External Advisory Panel
• Carl Weimer, Pipeline Safety Trust, CEPA External Advisory Panel Member
10:30 – 10:45Break
10:45 – 11:00Food For Thought Session – Frank Bibeau, Tribal Attorney, Honor The Earth – A Tribal Perspective on Pipeline Safety and Siting
11:00 – 12:10New pipeline siting and construction – Who’s in charge of safety? How well do the siting authorities coordinate with the safety authorities?
• Robert Goldston, Princeton Ridge Coalition
• Alan Mayberry, Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Program, PHMSA
• Catherine Little, Attorney, Hunton and Williams
12:10 – 1:30Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:45Emergency Planning and Response – How do we get local governments to pay attention?
• Sam Hall, Senior Program Management, Program Development, PHMSA
• John Stoody, Vice President, Government and Public Relations, Association of Oil Pipelines
• Dona Harrington-Burns, Public Awareness Program Administrator, Colonial Pipeline Co.
2:45 – 3:00Closing