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Next, @BillCaram from @pstrust differentiates between "public awareness", where the public is made aware of pipeline plans, and "public engagement", based on mutual dialogue between pipeline companies & the public.
We don't have it: "Our system of public engagement is broken."
When asked for thoughts on the current state of dispersion modeling, @BillCaram of @pstrust says that "it's a complex process, and ultimately the onus is on regulators and pipeline companies to convince the public that they're correct and it's safe".
Right now Executive Director @BillCaram is speaking on public engagement at the PHMSA public meeting on CO2 Pipeline Safety in Des Moines, IA.
Tune in at the link.
https://www.onlinevideoservice.com/clients/PHMSA/053123/
Executive Director @BillCaram is moderating a R&D panel right now at the @PHMSA_DOT CO2 Pipeline Safety Public Meeting in Des Moines, IA.
Tune in at the link below.
https://www.onlinevideoservice.com/clients/PHMSA/053123/
Second panel kicking off, "Public Perspectives", featuring folks from @pstrust, @ciel_tweets, @SEHNetwork, along with Iowa landowner Cindy Hansen.
Excited to see these folks given a real platform here!
Live Now: Panel on the Public's Perspective on CO2 Pipeline Safety from the PHMSA Public Meeting on CO2 Pipeline Safety in Des Moines, IA.
PST Program Manager Amanda McKay is speaking on the panel.
Tune in.
https://www.onlinevideoservice.com/clients/PHMSA/053123/
If you can't make it to Des Moines for the public meeting you can tune in virtually at the link below.
https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=165
"I would consider the meeting successful if PHMSA heard the public’s concerns, incorporated those concerns into their rulemaking, and the public left with a deeper understanding of PHMSA’s role as a safety regulator," @BillCaram says.
Tomorrow, May 31, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (@PHMSA_DOT) will hold a public meeting on CO2 pipeline safety in Des Moines, IA.
Read a new blog from Executive Director @BillCaram
about the significance of this meeting.
https://pstrust.org/heres-to-a-successful-phmsa-public-meeting/
ICYMI: (between impeachment, sine die and BBQing)
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“All too often pipeline operators seem to get complacent in their operations and continue to hit the snooze button on leak detection alarm, all the while dumping hazardous product into the local ecosystem, breaking the public’s trust,” said Bill Caram, ED at @pstrust.