[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28102-28103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13506]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket No. PS-142; Notice 6]
Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Project; Electronic Town
Meeting
AGENCY: Office of Pipeline Safety, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On Thursday, June 5, 1997, the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS)
will sponsor a satellite-based, town meeting video teleconference on
the status of the Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program. The
broadcast will show how communities can learn about demonstration
projects in their area, and the potential benefits that may result. It
will be aired from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and
will be easily accessible nationwide. We hope you will tune in, and
perhaps even participate via call-in questions and comments. We also
hope you will invite others in your organization and community to watch
this broadcast as well. Meaningful community involvement and effective
communication are critical elements in the success of the Demonstration
Program.
DATES: The town meeting video teleconference will be aired on June 5,
1997, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 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. The June
5 electronic town meeting is a follow-on to the January 28, 1997,
public meeting sponsored by OPS to familiarize government agencies,
pipeline operators, and other interested parties with the Program. OPS
hopes the June 5 broadcast will reach an even wider audience, including
safety and environmental officials in communities likely to be affected
by demonstration projects. OPS will present background
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information about the Demonstration Program, and several candidate
companies will describe the projects they are proposing.
During the coming months while OPS is evaluating candidate
projects, stakeholders are encouraged to ask questions and provide
information they feel is relevant. As part of the broadcast, a
dramatization of the evaluation process will show the opportunities OPS
will provide stakeholders for questions and comments about the
projects, and how stakeholder input might impact the provisions of a
project before it is approved. During the broadcast, viewers will have
several opportunities to call in and ask questions to OPS staff and
candidate companies. The call-in number will be provided numerous times
throughout the broadcast.
The electronic town meeting will be broadcast by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Education Network (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 hopes to involve thousands of public safety and
emergency management officials who routinely receive these programs.
EENET sites use the widely available ``backyard satellite dish''
technology.
Here are the ways you can watch this broadcast:
--Contact your local television cable company and ask if they will
carry this EENET video broadcast.
--Contact your local government cable access office for specific
information. Many local governments have dedicated internal cable
systems which 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.
--Set up a TeleVision Receive-Only (``dish'') at your viewing facility.
The technical information necessary to align the receiver dish with
one of the satellites is:
KU-Band Satellite
SBS 6
Transponder 9
Downlink Frequency: 11921 MHZ
Audio Frequency: 6.2/6.8
Location: 74 degrees West
Polarity: Horizontal
C-Band Satellite
Galaxy 3
Transponder 21
Downlink Frequency: 4120 MHZ
Audio Frequency: 6.2/6.8
Location: 95 degrees West
Polarity: Horizontal
The technical test the day before is from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time.
For additional information, call EENET at 1-800-527-4893.
Issued in Washington, D.C. on May 16, 1997.
Cesar De Leon,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 97-13506 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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