2014 Pipeline Safety Trust Conference
The Pipeline Safety Trust is a nonprofit public charity promoting pipeline safety through education and advocacy by increasing access to information, and by building partnerships with residents, safety advocates, government, and industry, that result in safer communities and a healthier environment.
Each year since 2006, the Pipeline Safety Trust has hosted unique pipeline safety conferences. What makes them unique is the mix of attendees, who come with experience as the affected public, the pipeline industry, and government regulators. All these people come together to discuss barriers to safer pipelines. Through such a collaborative approach the Trust promotes better understanding and trust between these groups, so we can all move forward together in our mutual goal of making pipelines as safe as possible.
Pipeline Safety – Developing Industry Awareness
Closing the gap between what the industry and public want to talk about
DAY ONE –Thursday, November 20th
9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Comments
- Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
9:10 – 9:30 Opening Address
- Paul Roberti, Commissioner Rhode Island PUC & Chairman of the NARUC Committee on Pipeline Safety
9:30 – 10:45Climate change, what do pipelines have to do with it?
- Dan Utech, Director for Energy and Climate Change, White House Domestic Policy Council
- Mark Brownstein, Associate Vice President & Chief Counsel, Environmental Defense Fund
- Christina Sames, Vice President of Operations & Engineering, American Gas Association (AGA)
- Alan Mayberry, Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs, PHMSA
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:20 Food For Thought Session – Fines or no fines? – Differing state enforcement strategies
- David Lykken, Director, Pipeline Safety, Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission
- Robert Miller, Pipeline Safety Supervisor, Arizona Corporation Commission
11:20 – 12:15 Developing Industry and Regulator Awareness: What the public wants to know and wants you to know
- Barb Dickison, Chair, Pendleton County Planning Commission, Kentucky
- Jack Petropoulos, Groton, Massachusetts Pipeline Working Group
- John Tynan, Director of Customer Relations & Public Affairs, Central Arkansas Water
- Emily Ferguson, Shared Value Solutions, Ontario, Canada
12:15 – 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 – 1:55 Food For Thought Session – Exporting our energy resources – the pros and cons
- John Erickson, Vice President of Operations, American Public Gas Association
- Karen Haase, Senior Policy Advisor, American Petroleum Association
- Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
1:55 – 3:00 What the public wants to know – Why Aren’t Gathering lines regulated or in One Call systems? What happens when they are?
- Bill Kiger, President, PA1Call
- Bill Rau, Moab, UT
- Peter Chace, Chief, Gas Pipeline Safety Section, Ohio Public Utilities Commission
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:30 Safety Management Systems – the next big thing?
- Ron McClain, President of Product Pipelines, Kinder Morgan
- Jeff Wiese, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
- Craig Pierson, President, Marathon Pipe Line LLC
DAY TWO – Friday, November 21st
9:00 – 9:20 Keynote
- Bob Kipp, President, Common Ground Alliance
9:20 – 10:30They do it differently in Canada – Real public involvement?
- Dana Cornea, Director, Applications, National Energy Board of Canada (NEB) – Participant Funding Program
- Melanie Omeniho, Chief Administrative Officer, Metis Regional Council – Zone IV
- Jim Donihee, Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) – External Advisory Panel
- Carl Weimer, Pipeline Safety Trust, CEPA External Advisory Panel Member
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:00 Food For Thought Session
Frank Bibeau, Tribal Attorney, Honor The Earth – A Tribal Perspective on Pipeline Safety and Siting
11:00 – 12:10 New pipeline siting and construction – Who’s in charge of safety? How well do the siting authorities coordinate with the safety authorities?
- Robert Goldston, Princeton Ridge Coalition
- Alan Mayberry, Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Program, PHMSA
- Catherine Little, Attorney, Hunton and Williams
12:10 – 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:45 Emergency Planning and Response – How do we get local governments to pay attention?
- Sam Hall, Senior Program Management, Program Development, PHMSA
- John Stoody, Vice President, Government and Public Relations, Association of Oil Pipelines
- Dona Harrington-Burns, Public Awareness Program Administrator, Colonial Pipeline Co.
2:45 – 3:00 Closing
Speaker and Presenter Information
Frank Bibeau is an attorney and member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, enrolled at White Earth Reservation and has been residing on the Leech Lake Reservation for more than 30 years in Ball Club, MN. Frank’s primary interests are the protection of individual and Tribal rights, on and off reservation, treaty reserved and inherent, with a focus on the Treaty with the Chippewa of 1855 and the usufructuary rights to hunt, fish and gather with a “right to earn a modest living” in the modern world. Frank is working with Winona LaDuke and Honor the Earth, a native led non-profit to stop the currently proposed (Enbridge) Sandpiper oil pipeline in Minnesota, which cuts across the headwaters of the Mississippi River watershed, as well as watersheds from the Red River to Hudson Bay and Lake Superior to the Atlantic. Frank has argued a series of federal Indian law based jurisdictional challenges to Minnesota’s right as a state to independently and unilaterally consent or grant permits for pipelines in the ceded Chippewa territories. Frank will discuss treaty rights, federal involvement under the trust doctrine and Executive Orders for government-to-government consultation between tribes and federal agencies.
Paul Blackburn is an energy and environmental law attorney based in Minneapolis. He provides legal and consulting services on pipeline, electric utility, and mining matters. He represented nonprofit clients in the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission hearing on the Keystone XL Pipeline, and in the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission hearing on expansion of Line 67, an Enbridge pipeline. He has provided policy analysis and strategic advice on a variety of pipeline matters and authored reports on pipeline safety and oil spill response. Paul started his legal career in Washington, DC, at the law firm of Van Ness Feldman. After leaving private practice, he worked for a number of non-profit organizations, including the Sierra Club, the National Environmental Trust, and Oceana. He also has experience in community wind energy development, both as a senior policy analyst for Windustry and as the Executive Director of the Community-Based Energy Development Initiative. Paul holds a B.A. in Biology from Macalester College and a J.D. from Boston College Law School.
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Relevant Government Agencies
Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, EPA, Judicial Branch Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government
Event Type
Webcast
This event has no exhibitor/sponsor opportunities
When
Thu-Fri, Nov 20-21, 2014, 9:00am - 4:30pm
CT
Cost
Complimentary: $ 0.00
Website
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Organizer
The Pipeline Safety Trust
