Briefing Papers

(updated in 2015 / paper 1-5 updated 2019)

• PST Briefing Paper #01 – Who We Are

• PST Briefing Paper #02 – Natural Gas Basics

• PST Briefing Paper #03 – Hazardous Liquid Basics

• PST Briefing Paper #04 – Pipeline safety statutes, regulations, consensus standards, recommended practices

• PST Briefing Paper #05 – The Alphabet Soup of Players in Pipeline Safety

• PST Briefing Paper #06 – Thinking About Risk

• PST Briefing Paper #07 – Excavation Damage Prevention

• PST Briefing Paper #08 – The Need For Better Planning Near Pipelines

• PST Briefing Paper #09 – Pipeline Routing and Siting Issues

• PST Briefing Paper #10 – Integrity Management

• PST Briefing Paper #11 – Cost Benefit Analysis

• PST Briefing Paper #12 – Emergency Response and Spill Response Planning

• PST Briefing Paper #13 – Getting Information and Answers from PHMSA about Pipeline Safety

• PST Briefing Paper #14 – Jurisdictional Issues

• PST Briefing Paper #15 – Access to Pipeline Statistics and Data