TGA Distribution Committee

TGA Distribution Committee

January 27th – 28th, 2015

Bastrop, Texas

Notes

1.  Attendance (today)

a.  16 members/guests – Great attendance!

2.  Participation – last meeting

a.  15 members/guests

3.  Distribution Roundtable (San Marcos)

a.  Discussed issues or comments from last roundtable:

i.  Good speakers, good feedback

ii. Some participants leaving early

iii.  Increase door prizes

b.  Location

i.  San Marcos – Embassy Suites

c.  Date

i.  August 19-20, 2015

ii. TGA Staff to check:

1.  Any conflicts with other TGA/Industry events?

2.  Check with hotel for availability.

3.  Early Check-in availability or be able to store luggage

d.  Define duration of event

i.  1 full day (1 night)

1.  Start at Wednesday August 19th at noon – Box Lunch

2.  End on Thursday at noon

e.  Reception

i.  Location – Grins / Open to other bigger and better location

4.  Annual Conference (Galveston) suggestions from last meeting:

a.  2015 breakout session suggestions – Provided 3 topics (see #5 for details)

i.  “Cross-Bores (Panel discussion)”

ii. “Vintage Plastic Pipe”

iii.  “Atmospheric Corrosion Challenges”

5.  Developed following topics for Annual Meeting and next Roundtable:

i.  TxDOT – Using Sammy or other speakers from the state agency. (Dough Meeks)

ii. Vintage plastic pipe – Centerpoint’s Mike Zandaroski. (Steve Yarbrough)

1.  Vintage Pipe

2.  T Caps

iii.  Material Bar Coding / Traceability / Scanning (Paul Kennedy)

1.  Procedures

2.  Technology

3.  Vendor (McElroy, Central , etc)

iv.  Cross bores (Panel Discussion) – (Oscar Barrera)

1.  Outreach - increasing awareness with industry and plumbers

2.  Training

3.  Policies and procedures

4.  New Pipe / Legacy Pipe

5.  Technology

6.  Pipe Bursting issues with gas lines

7.  Panel

a.  Industry – Atmos

b.  Construction Contractor (Boring)

c.  Plumber (Roto-Rooter)

d.  City water/sewer department (Galveston)

v. Documenting non-locatable gas lines (Tony Romo)

1.  What are we doing

2.  Programs in place

3.  Tracing Wire / GPS / Marker balls

4.  Improvements in technology (GPS/GIS)

a.  Consider a panel from representatives from Garmin, ESRI, Trimble, etc.

5.  Consult with GTI

6.  Presentation by Jerry Jaynes – Binkley & Barfield, Inc.

vi.  What to do when OSHA shows up to the jobsite (Darrel Isenberg)

1.  Presentation by Jason Williams - DIGCO

vii.  RRC – David Ferguson

1.  Question & Answer session – Anonymous

2.  RRC update / issues

viii.  RRC – Inspection / Audits

1.  Question & Answer session – Anonymous

2.  What the RRC looks for in an Audit

3.  Expectations

4.  Who and How fines are calculated

ix.  Atmospheric Corrosion Challenges

1.  Leak Survey

2.  Automated Meter Route Issues

3.  Presentation by Carlos Zamora – Texas Gas Service

6.  TGA Website

a.  Committee member to update site – Doug Meeks

7.  Goal Review

a.  Continue to promote education through: For the distribution committee to continue to support and promote the TGA events Next Meeting:

b.  Identify new topics or issues that affect the distribution sector of the industry

c.  Maintain/increase participation of members in the distribution roundtable

d.  Increase participation of front line supervisors / foremen in the round table.

8.  Next Meeting: Spring TGA Board and Committee Meetings

·  April 23rd-24th, 2015

·  Moody Gardens

·  7 Hope Boulevard

·  Galveston, TX 77554

9.  Meeting adjourned