Engaging With The Public – Continuous Improvement Beyond Public Awareness
Hotel Monteleone | New Orleans, Louisiana | October 18-19, 2018
Our concurrent breakout sessions are organized along two tracks:
one focused on public engagement issues, and one on other pipeline safety issues.
Red links take you to the speaker video, green links open a pdf version of the PowerPoint slides
Day 1 October 18
8:30 – 8:45 Welcoming Comments – Queen Anne Ballroom Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
Slide Presentation, pdfSara Gosman, President of the Board of Directors, Pipeline Safety Trust Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust8:45 – 9:15 Opening Keynote – Queen Anne Ballroom Alan Mayberry – Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, PHMSA9:15 – 9:30 Food For Thought: Carl’s Big Ohio Adventure – Bringing New and Different Voices to the Public – Queen Anne Ballroom – Slide Presentation, pdf
9:30 – 10:30 What Does Better Engagement Look Like From the Outside – Queen Anne Ballroom
David Kane, Windhorse Strategic Initiatives – Tribal Engagement
Slide Presentation, pdfChuck Lesniak, former Environmental Officer, City of Austin, Texas – Municipal Engagement
Slide Presentation, pdfIrene Leech, Associate Professor, Consumer Studies, Virginia Tech. – Landowner Engagement
Slide Presentation, pdf Q & A
10:30 – 10:45 Break – Queen Anne Parlor
10:45 – 12:00 Public Engagement Focus – Climate Change Driving the Public’s Engagement on Pipeline Issues – Queen Anne BallroomIntro – Alexis Bonogofsky, Member, Board of Directors, Pipeline Safety TrustJessica Wentz, Columbia Law School Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Slide Presentation, pdfGillian Giannetti, Project Attorney, Sustainable FERC Project, NRDC
Slide Presentation, pdfMegan Herzog, Special Assistant Attorney General, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
Slide Presentation, pdfN. Jonathan Peress, Senior Director, Energy Market Policy, EDF
Slide Presentation, pdf Q & A
10:45 – 12:00 Pipline Safety Focus – Updates on Industry Efforts – Queen Anne BIntroduction & Engagement and Conflict Mitigation Practices – Osamu Kumasaka, Associate, Consensus Building Institute
Slide Presentation, pdfSMS and Small Operators, Erin Kurilla, Vice President, Operations and Pipeline Safety, APGA
Slide Presentation, pdfAGA’s Peer Review Program & Other Initiatives, Christina Sames, Vice President, Operations & Engineering, AGA
Slide Presentation, pdf3rd Party Performance Verification, Coral Lukaniuk, Director, Performance Partnerships, CEPA
Slide Presentation, pdf
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch – Royal Room
1:15 – 1:45 Food For Thought: Structural Changes to end Eminent Domain Abuse – Queen Anne Ballroom
Intro – Jeffrey Insko, Secretary, Pipeline Safety TrustRebekah Sale, Executive Director, Property Rights and Pipeline Center
Slide Presentation, pdfDavid Bookbinder, Chief Counsel, Niskanen Center Q & A
1:45 – 3:00Pipeline Safety Focus – Updates on PHMSA Efforts – (panel discussion) – Queen Anne Ballroom
Changes to NPMS – Dr. Christie Murray, Director, Outreach & Engagement Division, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Slide Presentation, pdfKeeping up with the Replumbing of America – Chris Hoidal, Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Slide Presentation, pdf
- Hoidal-Class Location Briefing, Slide Presentation, pdf
- Hoidal-Risk Model Workgroup, Slide Presentation, pdf
Q & A
1:45 – 3:00Public Engagement Focus – Teaching and Engaging with the “unpersuadables” – an experiment – Houston Public Training – Queen Anne BCarl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust – Slide Presentation, pdfBill Byrd, President, RCPPatty Cronheim, Outreach Coordinator, ReThink Energy NJ
Slide Presentation, pdfJoint presentation: Mark Hereth, Managing Director, P-PIC and Chairman, INGAA Foundation and Alan Mayberry, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
3:00 – 3:15 Break Queen Anne Parlor
3:15 – 4:30Public Engagement Focus – Status of Public Awareness Update, and expansion to include Public Engagement – Queen Anne Ballroom
Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
Slide Presentation, pdf David Murk, Manager of Pipelines, Midstream and Industry Operations, API
Slide Presentation, pdfDr. Christie Murray, Director, Outreach & Engagement Division, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Slide Presentation, pdfQ & A
3:15 – 4:30 Pipeline Safety Focus – New Research Efforts to Improve Safety –
Queen Anne B
Introduction & Chris Hoidal, Senior Technical Advisor, Program Development Division Division, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Slide Presentation, pdfMaureen Droessler, Director, OTD Administration, GTI
Slide Presentation, pdfDaphne D’Zurko, Executive Director, NYSEARCH
Slide Presentation, pdfGary Hines, Vice President of Operations, PRCI
Slide Presentation, pdf
5:30 – 7:00 Pipeline Safety Trust Board of Directors’ Reception for Attendees – Royal Room
DAY TWO — Friday, October 19
8:00 – 9:30 Breakfast Buffet available – Queen Anne Parlor
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome – Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust – Queen Anne BallroomSlide Presentation, pdf
9:00 – 9:30 Keynote – The Honorable Jennifer Homendy – New Member, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) – Queen Anne BallroomSlide Presentation, pdf
9:30 – 9:45 Food For Thought – Supporting public engagement: Examples that work, to a point – Queen Anne BallroomCarl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
Slide Presentation, pdf
9:45 – 11:00 Public Engagement Focus – Risk Assessments – Do they help educate the public? Do they improve decisions? – Queen Anne BallroomGina & Michael Dawson, Save Lafayette Trees, Lafayette, California
Slide Presentation, pdfAdam Wellstead, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Michigan Tech. University
Slide Presentation, pdfSenator Andy Dinniman, Pennsylvania State SenateQ & A
9:45 – 11:00 Pipeline Safety Focus – Voluntary Information Sharing – What it can do and a status update from the Committee – Queen Anne B
John DeLeeuw, Former Senior Manager of Flight Safety, American Airlines
Dr. Christie Murray, Director, Outreach & Engagement Division, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Slide Presentation, pdf
11:00 – 11:15 Break Queen Anne Parlor
11:15 – 12:00 General Session – Setting the Stage For Greater Engagement – 5 minute thoughts – Queen Anne Ballroom
Alan Mayberry, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, PHMSADave Murk, Manager of Pipelines, Midstream and Industry Operations, API
Slide Presentation, pdfRick Kivela, Manager, Operational Compliance, Gas Transmission & Midstream, Enbridge
Slide Presentation, pdfJohn Stoody, Vice President, Government & Public Relations, AOPLCarl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety TrustQ & A
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch On your own
1:30 – 3:00 General Session – Public Engagement discussion / Open Mic – Round table with field practitioners – Queen Anne Ballroom
Engagement Examples Presentation, pdfThomas Finch (PHMSA Community Liaison, Western Region)James Kelly (PHMSA Community Liaison, Southern Region)Bill Lowry (PHMSA Community Liaison, Southwest Region)Sean Quinlan (PHMSA Community Liaison, Midwest Region)Allen Fore, Vice President, Public Affairs, Kinder MorganAdam Parker, Manager, Stakeholder Engagement, Enbridge/NEXUS Gas TransmissionCarl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust