U.S. Department of Transportation

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials

Safety Administration

Program Overview February 2012

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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Role of Pipelines

• 2.5 million miles of energy pipelines transport 2/3 of U.S. energy consumption

• Support our basic human needs, economic mobility, and security

– Direct: gasoline, natural gas, propane

– Indirect: electric generation, telecommunications, water supply

• Interdependencies between pipelines and other vital services are not well understood

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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Our Agency Mission

To ensure the safe, reliable, and

environmentally sound operation of the

Nation’s pipeline transportation system.

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System

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What We Do

Our Base Programs• Data Analysis and Trending

• Regulatory Development and Coordination

• Inspection, Enforcement and Emergency Response

– Integrity Management

– Emergency Response

• State Pipeline Safety Grant Programs

• Damage Prevention and Public Education

• Research and Development

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Where We Are

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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Pipeline Safety Reauthorization

• Reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Program

– 7 hearings in 2010 – 5 hearings in 2011

– Will set most of regulatory agenda for the next 4 years

– In one of their final actions for 2011, the House and Senate passed a pipeline safety bill consistent with the legislative proposal we submitted to Congress last year.

– President Obama signed the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 on January 3, 2012.

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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

New Pipeline Safety Law

General Themes / Provisions in Play

To advance pipeline safety, the bill doubles the maximum fines that pipeline operators face for safety violations.

More Inspection

Eliminating exemptions from One-Call laws

Study and regulate HL leak detection

The Bill requires PHMSA to issue new pipeline safety standards requiring operators to install automatic or remote-controlled shut-off valves and excess flow valves in new or replaced transmission pipelines.

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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

New Pipeline Safety Law

– Extends EFV’s rules to multi-family/small commercial

– Cost recovery for special permits and new construction

– Study/report on risks of Canadian crude from oil sands

– Increased data reporting – including geospatial data

– Removal of exemptions for various pipelines

– The law authorizes PHMSA to award $110 million in safety-related grants each year.

– PHMSA is authorized to add a number of new pipeline inspectors to support its investigation and enforcement obligations.

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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Questions – Thank You!

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