Salt Lake Valley – Pipeline Safety Awareness and Involvement Project

In the fall of 2011 Salt Lake City was awarded a Community Technical Assistance Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to implement a number of educational and involvement activities associated with pipeline safety in the Salt Lake Valley. The main activities included two “pipelines 101” workshops (videos can be viewed below), a two day pipeline safety conference (video links below), and the development of a report about the pipelines that operate in the Salt Lake Valley. Salt Lake City contracted with the Pipeline Safety Trust to implement these activities. The workshops were held in early March of 2012, and the conference followed two weeks later on March 15th and 16th.
A report from the Trust has been published:
Pipeline Safety in the Salt Lake Valley (pdf, 5.4MB)
Below are the presentations given at the workshops and the conference.
Presentation from Pipeline 101 Workshops
DAY ONE –Thursday, March 15, 2012
8:00 -9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Comments
- Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
video
9:10 – 9:30 Opening Address
- Ralph Becker, Mayor, Salt Lake City
video
9:30 – 10:00 National Pipeline Safety Issues
- An Overview of Recent Major Pipeline Incidents and Issues
video
presentation slides (pdf)
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:30 What’s Happening Nationally to Make Pipelines Safer?
- Video Presentation
- Chris Hoidal, Western Regional Director, PHMSA – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Peter Lidiak, Pipeline Director, American Petroleum Institute – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Larry Hjalmarson, V.P. of Safety, Environmental and Pipeline Integrity, Williams Gas Pipeline – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Q&A – video
11:30 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 2:00 Who Operates Pipelines in The Salt Lake Valley and What’s the Risk?
- Clifton Tholl, Chairman, Utah Pipeline Association – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Scott Brown, Vice President of Operations, Questar Gas – video
- Von McAllister, Manager of Pipeline Safety, Kern River Gas Transmission Company – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Q&A – video
2:00– 3:00 Who Regulates Pipelines in the Salt Lake Valley, and Are Those Regulations Adequate?
- Tom Finch, Community Assistance and Technical Services, U.S. DOT , PHMSA – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Chris Parker, Director, Division of Public Utilities, Utah Department of Commerce – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Carl Weimer, Pipeline Safety Trust – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Q&A – video
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:30 Damage Prevention – Preventing the major cause of deaths and injuries from pipelines
- Excavation Damage Video
- Bob Kipp, President, Common Ground Alliance – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Gary Hansen, President, Blue Stakes of Utah – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Q&A – video
DAY TWO – Friday, March 16, 2012
8:00- 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:20 Day 2 Keynote
- Pipeline Safety – A Call to Action Linda Daugherty, Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs, PHMSA – video / presentation slides (pdf)
9:20 – 10:35 Aftermath of the Chevron Red Butte Creek Spills
- David Mulligan, Senior Engineer, U.S. DOT, PHMSA – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Jeff Niermeyer, Director, Public Utilities, Salt Lake City – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Jim Webster, Member, Environment Team, Oil Spill Work Group – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Jen Colby, Member, Future Prevention Team, Oil Spill Work Group – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Q&A – video
10:35 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:00 How Well Prepared is the Salt Lake Valley for Pipeline Incidents. What More Could Be Done?
- Phil Oakes, National Program Manager/Trainer, National Association of State Fire Marshals – video
- Karl Lieb, Deputy Chief Operations, Salt Lake City Fire Department – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Clifton Tholl, Chairman, Utah Pipeline Association – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Kevin Okelberry standing in for Teresa Gray, Water Quality Supervisor, Salt Lake Valley Health Department – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Q&A – video
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 2:30 Planning Near Pipelines – Does Local Government Use Their Permitting, Zoning, and Planning Authority to increase Pipeline Safety?
- Julie Halliday, Senior Program Manager for Planning Near Pipelines, U.S. DOT, PHMSA – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Carl Weimer, Pipeline Safety Trust – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Paul Bringhurst, Cooperative County Plan Manager, Salt Lake County – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Q&A – video
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 4:00 Health Related Issues from the Red Butte Creek Spill (video available here)
- Michael Vought, Affected resident – video
- Dr. Brian Moench, Member, Oil Spill Work Group’s Health Team – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Craig Dietrich Ph.D., Toxicologist, Environmental Epidemiology Program, Utah Department of Health – video / presentation slides (pdf)
- Q&A – video
4:00 – 4:30 Open Session – What More Do People Want to Know?
4:30 – 5:00 Closing