[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10672-10673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5494]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket No. PS-142; Notice 11]
Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program Electronic
Teleconference
AGENCY: Office of Pipeline Safety, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline
Safety (OPS) will sponsor its fourth satellite-based video presentation
on the Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program on Thursday,
March 26, 1998, beginning at 2:00 p.m. The program will be aired over
the Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) Agency's Emergency Education
Network (EENET).
DATES: The electronic teleconference will be aired on March 26, 1998,
from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eben M. Wyman, (202) 366-0918, or by
e-mail (eben.wyman@rspa.dot.gov), regarding the subject matter of this
Notice. Contact the Dockets Unit (202) 366-5046, for other material in
the docket.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Demonstration Program tests an
innovative regulatory approach to achieving superior safety performance
by allowing pipeline operators to customize safety activities. OPS is
currently consulting with several pipeline operators about
participating in the Demonstration Program. The companies whose
projects are under most active discussion at this time are Shell Pipe
Line Company, Phillips Pipe Line Company, Chevron Pipe Line Company,
Mobil Pipe Line Company, and the Natural Gas Pipe Line Company. Their
pipelines go through the States of Colorado, Louisiana, Washington,
Utah, Oregon, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana, New Mexico, Texas, Idaho, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. As
consultations near completion, more information will be distributed via
company and project-specific prospectuses.
OPS seeks comments from individuals or groups who can provide
information about local conditions, land use, geological factors,
damage prevention efforts or the practices of these companies.
The broadcast will have three main program segments. First, OPS
representatives will give an update on the status of the Demonstration
Program. The next two segments will present videotaped highlights of
panel discussions from a public meeting which was held in Houston,
Texas, on November 19, 1997.
The first panel was made up of other Federal and State government
representatives who discussed their perspectives on the Demonstration
Program and its effect on their agency's efforts. The second panel was
made up of interested representatives from the public sector. Both
panels discussed issues relative to the Demonstration Program and made
suggestions to both OPS and the candidate pipeline companies during
their presentations.
Several live call-in periods are scheduled during this broadcast.
Callers can ask questions of the panelists, raise issues from their
presentations, or discuss the program with OPS officials. Several
speakers from both panels will be available to provide further input on
these topics. Representatives from the governmental panel will be State
pipeline safety program managers: Joe Finan, Pennsylvania; Dennis
Lloyd, Washington; Tony Karahalios, Colorado; and John Gawronski, New
York. Representing the Community Perspective panel will be Dr. Martha
Rozelle from the International Association for Public Participation,
Ruth Ellen Schelhaus, publisher of the Local Emergency Planning
Committee Newsletter, and Larry Miller, Channel Development Manager
from the Houston Port Authority. If you have questions
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you would like to have addressed on this or future broadcasts, please
send them via e-mail to John Hess at: pipeline.safety@rspa.dot.gov.
The electronic teleconference will be broadcast via EENET, which
has been broadcasting for more than ten years and has an extensive
audience in the fire and emergency management communities. By using
EENET, OPS has the opportunity to involve thousands of public safety
and emergency management officials who routinely receive these
programs. EENET sites use the widely available Ku and C band satellite
dish technology.
The following are ways to view this broadcast:
Set up a Television Receive-Only dish at your viewing
facility.
Ask your local television cable company to carry this
EENET video broadcast.
Contact your local government cable access office to carry
the program. Many cable systems have dedicated internal cable channels
to local governments to carry programs such as these to their offices
and other facilities.
Use a local facility which has a Television Receive-Only
dish. Many schools (elementary, secondary, and community colleges),
hospitals, or local hotels and motels have these facilities.
Rent a portable Television Receive-Only dish and have it
set up at your viewing place.
The technical information necessary to align the receiver dish with
the satellite is as follows:
C-Band
Galaxy 4
Transponder: 22
Downlink Freq: 4140 MHZ
Audio Freq: 6.2/6.8 MHZ
Location: 99 degrees West
Polarity: Vertical
Ku-Band
GE-3
Transponder: 21
Downlink Freq: 12120 MHZ
Audio Freq: 6.2/6.8 MHZ
Location: 87 degrees West
Polarity: horizontal
View the broadcast via Internet. Information, links to the
show, and the necessary software to view it are found on the Town
Meeting Homepage. The Internet address is http://ops.dot.gov/tmvid.htm.
If you need assistance in locating a satellite receive site, please
call John Hess at (202)366-4576; E-mail John.Hess@rspa.dot.gov or, call
EENET at 1-800-527-4893.
This broadcast and previous broadcasts are available on videotape.
Individuals may contact their State pipeline safety office to borrow
copies of the videotapes or may contact OPS. To request to borrow
copies of the videotapes via the OPS Home page follow the instructions
at http://ops.dot.gov, or contact OPS by E-mail at
pipeline.safety@rspa.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, D.C. on February 26, 1998.
Richard B. Felder,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 98-5494 Filed 3-3-98; 8:45 am]
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