Pipeline Safety In Transition
Will changes lead to safer pipelines?
Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, Louisiana
October 20th & 21st, 2016
Presentation Documents
DAY ONE – Thursday, October 20th
8:30 – 8:45Welcoming Comments – Queen Anne Ballroom
Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
8:45 – 9:30Opening Address – Queen Anne Ballroom
Marie Therese Dominguez, Administrator, PHMSA
9:30 – 10:45General Session – Overview of recent and pending changes that will affect pipeline safety – Queen Anne BallroomAlan Mayberry, Acting Associate Administrator of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Rick Kivela, Director of Operational Compliance, Spectra Energy
John Stoody, VP, Government and Public Relations, Association of Oil Pipelines
Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
10:45 – 11:00Break
11:00 – 11:15Food For Thought Session – This Changes Everything – The Keep it in the Ground Movement and Pipeline Safety – Queen Anne Ballroom
Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
Video: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein
Alexis Bonogofsky, Member, Pipeline Safety Trust Board of Directors
11:15 – 12:30Breakout Session – Is Leak Detection Possible?
David Shaw, Executive Consultant, Kiefner & Associates
Mark Stephens, Senior Engineering Consultant, C-FER Technologies
Doug Sauer, Manager of Midstream Logistics, Phillips 66
Max Kieba, Engineer, Engineering and Research Division, PHMSA
Breakout Session – Non-Governmental Organization Focus – What do the NGOs want? – Orleans Room
Holly Pearen, Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund
Mike Shriberg, Executive Director, Great Lakes Region, National Wildlife Federation
Bradford McLane, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center
12:30 – 1:45Lunch – La Nouvelle West
1:45 – 2:00Food For Thought Session – Performance Based Regulations – What’s the Goal? – Queen Anne Ballroom
Lois Epstein, President, Pipeline Safety Trust & Arctic Program Director, The Wilderness Societ
Stacey Gerard, Independent Safety Consultant
2:00 – 3:15Breakout Session – A Changing Story – Health Effects from Pipeline Facility Releases – Queen Anne Ballroom
Dr. Eduardo P. Olaguer, PhD, Houston Advanced Research Center
Dr. Bernard D. Goldstein, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Katherine Butler, Los Angeles County, Department of Public Health
Breakout Session – State Regulatory Focus – What do the States Want – Orleans Room
Peter Chace, Chief, Pipeline Section, Public Utility Commission of Ohio
Kenneth Bruno, Program Manager – Gas Safety & Reliability Branch, CA Public Utilities Commission
Joe Leckie, Pipeline Safety Program Manager, Idaho Public Utilities Commission
3:15 – 3:30Break
3:30 – 4:45Breakout Session –- If the goal is zero incidents, what better assessments need to be done? Smarter pigs, better risk modeling and integration, Integrity Verification? – Queen Anne Ballroom
Alan Mayberry, Acting Associate Administrator of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Mark Piazza, Manager, Integrity Management, Colonial Pipeline
David Chittick, Director of Pipeline Integrity, TransCanada Pipelines Ltd
Lorna Harron, Senior Manager, Integrity Technology Advancement, Enbridge Pipelines
Breakout Session – Case Studies – Three Community Driven Attempts to Make Pipelines Safer – Orleans Room
Camille Sanders, Grant Writer & Assistant Planner, J-U-B Engineers, Inc., Kaysville, Utah
Sara Siskavich, GIS Manager, Nashua Regional Planning Commission, Merrimack, NH
Thomas Matuszko, Assistant Director, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, Pittsfield, MA
5:30 – 7:00Pipeline Safety Trust Board of Directors’ Reception for Attendees – Riverview Room
DAY TWO – Friday, October 21st
8:00 – 9:00Breakfast – Queen Anne Parlor
9:00 – 9:30Day 2 Keynote – Queen Anne Ballroom
Introduction – Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
Peter Watson, Chairman, National Energy Board of Canada
9:30 – 10:45Breakout Session – The Changing Face of the CATS Program (PHMSA’s Community Assistance & Technical Services) Queen Anne Ballroom
Karen Lynch, Senior Program Manager, Program Development Division
PHMSA CATS Managers – Artie Buff, Tom Finch, Angela Pickett, James Prothro, Ian Woods
Breakout Session – Industry Focus – What does the industry want? – Orleans Room
Cheryl Campbell, Vice President, Gas Engineering and Operations, Xcel Energy
Shawn Lyon, Vice President of Operations, Marathon Pipe Line
10:45 – 10:55Break
10:55 – 11:10Food For Thought Session – Should You Be Worried? PHMSA’s New Enforcement Efforts
Teresa A. Gonsalves, Chief Counsel, PHMSA
11:10 – 12:15Breakout Session – Is Meaningful Public Awareness on the Horizon? Can you divorce Public Awareness from Public Engagement? – Queen Anne Ballroom
Jeffrey Insko, Member, Pipeline Safety Trust Board of Directors and pipeline ROW Landowner
Sam Hall, Acting Director of Program Development, PHMSA
Craig Pierson, President, Marathon Pipe Line
Breakout Session –Why so many failures on new pipelines? What needs to change?- Orleans Room
Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
Ritch Rappel, Senior Construction Management Specialist, Enbridge Pipelines
Bill Crochet, Director of Asset Integrity, Plains All American Pipeline
Chris Hoidal, Director, Western Region, PHMSA
12:15 – 1:30Lunch – On Your Own
1:30 – 2:45General Session – The Changing Face of Accountability – Third party inspectors & audits, external advisory panels, indicators – What works, what’s needed? – Queen Anne Ballroom
Jim Donihee, Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
Sue Fleck, V.P. Pipeline Safety, National Grid
Chris Hoidal, Director, Western Region, PHMSA
2:45 – 3:00General Session – Closing – Queen Anne Ballroom