Really Catchy Conference Name
Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, Louisiana
November 17th & 18th, 2011
DAY ONE –Thursday, November 17th
9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Comments – La Nouvelle Orleans
9:10 – 9:30 Opening Address – La Nouvelle Orleans
Deborah Hersman, Chair, National Transportation Safety Board
9:30 – 10:45 General Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
Congressional Reauthorization and PHMSA Rulemakings – Enough to avoid future tragedies?
• Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
• Ian Jefferies, Majority Staff Director, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, U.S. Senate
• Jim Tymon, Majority Staff Director, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
• Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:15 Breakout Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
Aging Distribution infrastructure, The problems and the fix
• Ed Pawlowski, Mayor of Allentown PA
• Bob Ackley – Massachusetts Public Shade Tree Trust
• Paul Metro, Chief, Gas Safety Division, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
• Susan Fleck, National Grid
Breakout Session – Iberville Room
12:15 – 1:30 Lunch – Royal Ballroom
1:30 – 2:30 Main Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
Failures to Communicate – Why do we keep hearing these types of stories?
• Patrick Lindemann, Ingham County Michigan Drain Commissioner
• Indiana woman with 120 feet of pipeline hanging over the creek
• ???
Detailed Breakout Session – Iberville Room
2:30 – 3:30 General Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
With All the New Drilling, Gathering Pipelines Are Going In all Over – Is This a Problem?
• Dewitt Burdeaux, PHMSA
• Senator Wendy Davis, Fort Worth Texas
• Senator Baker, Pennsylvania
Detailed Breakout Session – Iberville Room
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 4:45 Breakout Session - La Nouvelle Orleans
San Bruno – Lessons Learned – Can other large companies play hide the ball with regulators so successfully?
• California Assemblyman Jerry Hill – overview of concerns with PG&E and CPUC
• Linda Daugherty, PHMSA – how PHMSA oversees state regulators
• Someone from NAPSR – A load of baloney about how well they do
Breakout Session – Iberville Room
5:30 – 7:00 Pipeline Safety Trust Board of Directors’ Reception for Attendees - The Royal Ballroom
DAY TWO – Friday, November 18th
8:00 – 9:00 Continental Breakfast Provided - La Nouvelle Orleans
9:00 – 9:20 Day 2 Keynote – La Nouvelle Orleans
Pipeline Safety – A Call to Action
Ray Lahood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
9:30 – 10:00 General Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
Public Awareness Program (video) relating to unsecured oil and gas sites
Ms. Vidisha Parasram, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:30 Breakout Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
PIPA Implementation – Anything Happening?
• PHMSA’s new PIPA Person – The Big Picture on PIPA Implementation
• Susan Waller, Spectra Energy – What’s Industry Doing?
• Rebecca Craven, PS Trust, Multiple Successes in Washington State
• Carly Ruaco, Skagit County WA Planner, Safety versus Property Rights – The Skagit Lesson
Breakout Session – Iberville Room
11:30 - 1:00 – LUNCH – On Your Own
1:00 – 2:00 Breakout Session – La Nouvelle Orleans
Property Owners with large pipelines – What are their concerns
• Carl Weimer, The Trust’s survey and landowner guide
• Vet from PA whose insurance is skyrocketing
• Pat Voss, Oconomowoc, WI Homeowner, No notification of pipelines when land was purchased
Breakout Session - Iberville Room
2:00 – 3:00 Breakout Sessions – La Nouvelle Orleans
You Don’t Always Have To Be Told What To Do - Industry Initiatives to Make Things Safer
• Andy Black, President, Association of Oil Pipe Lines
• Dan Martin, Senior Vice President Operations El Paso, and chairman of the INGAA Foundation
• Christina Sames, AGA
3:00 – 3:15 General Session—La Nouvelle Orleans - Closing
Other ideas –
• Health Effects of pipeline spills –
- Kalamazoo residents and Health Dept.
- Salt Lake City residents and Health Dept.
• Leak Detection – what is really possible?
• Pipelines caught in the middle – Lack of an energy policy leads to big fights
- TransCanada’s Keystone XL
- Enbridge’s Northern Gateway
- Oregon’s LNG Pipelines
• New Pipelines in Urban Areas – Construction & Safety Challenges
• Pipeline Siting (NEPA) and Safety Disconnect – What can be done?
• Industry Controlled Research and Standards – Is this a problem?