U. S. Department of Transportation

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U. S. Department of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration
www.dot.gov
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DOT (PHMSA) Pipeline Hurricane Preparedness
Update
Restoring TrustIn Pipeline SafetyNew Orleans,
LANovember, 2006

John A. Jacobi, P.E. and Joe Mataich, P.E.,
Community Assistance Technical Services (CATS)
ManagersSouthwest Region Southern Region
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Outline

• Mission Statements
• PHMSA Assets Non-Assets
• Regulatory Requirements
• PHMSA Hurricane Response Roles
• PHMSA Accomplishments
• Other PHMSA Resources
• Bonus Information

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PHMSA (OPS) Mission Statement

• To ensure the safe, reliable, and
  environmentally sound operation of the Nations
  pipeline transportation system.

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CATS MissionStatement

• To advance public safety, environmental
  protection and pipeline reliability by
  facilitating clear communications among all
  pipeline stakeholders, including the public, the
  operators and government officials.

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PHMSA Pipeline Assets

• 1 - Personnel
• Approximately 225 nationally
• Southern Region 12 professionals
• SW Region 25 professionals
• CATS Managers 10
• CATS Coordinator

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PHMSA Pipeline Assets

• Personnel Expertise
• Years of experience in operating pipeline systems
  (prior to joining PHMSA)
• Years of experience in regulating pipeline
  systems
• Education Training (NIMS)
• Knowledge of existing pipeline systems LEPCs
  Industry Organizations Federal, state local
  agencies procedures
• National Pipeline Mapping System

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CATS Managers

• kimbra.davis_at_dot.gov
• 720-963-3176
• ross.reineke_at_dot.gov
• 720-963-32182

karen.butler_at_dot.gov 816-329-3835 harold.winnie_at_do
t.gov 816-329-3836
alex.dankanich_at_dot.gov 202-260-8518
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CATS Managers
john.jacobi_at_dot.gov 713-272-2839 john.pepper_at_dot.g
ov 713-272-2849
michael.khayata_at_dot.gov 404-832-1155 joseph.matai
ch_at_dot.gov 404-832-1159
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CATS Coordinator
Washington DC Headquarters blaine.keener_at_dot.gov
202-366-0970
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PHMSA Pipeline Non-Assets

• PHMSA does NOT have significant numbers of
  personnel to deploy to the front lines
• PHMSA does NOT have planes, trains, trucks,
  buses, automobiles or other equipment to deploy
• PHMSA does NOT have fiscal resources beyond those
  necessary to support its role (its personnel) in
  emergency response

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Regulatory Requirements

• 49 CFR Part 192 Natural Gas Pipelines
• Minimum safety requirements for pipeline
  facilities and the transportation of gas
• Operators are required to have Emergency Plans
  (including training of personnel) under 192.615

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Regulatory Requirements

• 49 CFR Part 195 Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
• Minimum safety requirements for pipeline
  facilities used in the transportation of
  hazardous liquids
• Operators are required to have Emergency Plans
  under 195.403(e) and Emergency Response Training
  under 195.404

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Major Provisions of Emergency Plans

• Focus on Protecting the Public
• People first then Equipment
• Making the Emergency Scene Safe
• Means of Receiving, Identifying and Classifying
  notices of Events that Require Immediate Response
• Means of Notifying Fire, Police or other
  appropriate Public Official

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Major Provisions of Emergency Plans

• Provisions for having necessary Personnel,
  Equipment, Tools and Materials
• Emergency Shutdown and Pressure Reduction of
  Pipeline System
• Post Emergency Review (Were Emergency Procedures
  Effective?)

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Emergency Training

• Pipeline Operators are Required to conduct
  Emergency Response Training
• Emergency Response Drills
• Table Top Exercises

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PHMSA Hurricane Response Roles

• Pipeline Operators are responsible for the actual
  restoration of pipeline systems
• PHMSA is responsible for assuring that pipelines
  are SAFELY restored to service
• PHMSA Regional and HQ Offices maintain close
  contact with Pipeline Operators

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PHMSA Hurricane Response Roles

• PHMSA Regional and HQ Offices maintain close
  contact with Emergency Responders
• PHMSA Regional and HQ Offices maintain close
  contact with Federal, state local agencies
  (including political entities)
• PHMSA Regional and HQ Offices maintain close
  contact with the media

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Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)

• Aids emergency responders
• Identifies specific or generic hazards of
  material(s)
• Provides for protective actions
• PHMSA Goal ERG in all public emergency response
  vehicles

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National PipelineMapping System(NPMS)

• Layered Geographic Information System
• All regulated pipelines andLNG facilities
• Security-protected
• Key tool for HurricanesKatrina Rita

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Public Awareness Regulations

• Final Rule published May 19, 2005
• http//dms.dot.gov/
• Simple Search Docket 15852
• 192.616 and 195.440 titled Public Awareness
• Require operators to follow the guidance in API
  RP 1162, First Edition, December 2003
• Existing Part 192 195 requirements are unchanged

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Purpose of Public Awareness Programs

• increase awareness and understanding of the . . .
  role of pipelines, pipeline operations,
  associated public and environmental risks, and
  the preventive and mitigative steps taken to
  reduce those risks.
• improve results in damage prevention, reduce
  encroachments on pipeline rights-of-way, improve
  pipeline safety and environmental performance,
  and enhance emergency response coordination.

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Audiences
The public (including residents and places of
congregation, such as businesses, schools,
hospitals, prisons, and other places where
people gather) in the pipeline vicinity and
its associated rights-of-way and pipeline
facilities
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Audiences
State and local emergency response and
planning officials (e.g., State and county
emergency management agencies (EMAs) and local
emergency planning committees (LEPCs) and
first responder organizations
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Audiences
Local public officials and governing councils
of affected municipalities and school
districts and Excavators.
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Regulatory Requirements Before API RP 1162

• Damage Prevention Programs for Excavators
• 192.614(c) and 195.442(c)
• Emergency Plans for Fire, Police, Public
  Officials
• 192.615(c) and 195.402(c)(12)
• Public Education
• 192.616 and 195.440
• Gas Transmission Integrity Management
• 192.911(m) ASME B31.8S, 10

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Baseline Program

• Applies to all portions of existing pipeline
  system
• Creates minimum level of Awareness among all
  Stakeholder Audiences
• Not within the scope of RP 1162
• New pipeline construction
• Communications after pipeline-related emergency
• Propane/Air peak-shaving facilities
• LNG Plants

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Other Public Awareness Resources

• PHMSA Pipeline Safety Program Stakeholder
  Communications Web Site
• http//primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/
• Public Awareness Programs
• Final Rule
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Presentations from 2003 and 2005 workshops

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PHMSA Accomplishments

• Katrina - Immediately deployed Acting
  Administrator Brigham McCown to the FEMA
  Operations Center in Mississippi
• Mr. McCown and PHMSA HQ Staff worked with
  numerous other Government Agencies (FHWA, FMCA,
  FAA, state local) to Streamline logistics to
  restore pipeline operations

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PHMSA Accomplishments

• PHMSA Regional Staff worked closely with pipeline
  operators to identify needs, communicate system
  status, and provide regulatory support
• Deployed an individual for a 2 month detail on a
  FEMA ESF-14 (Emergency Support Function) Long
  Term Community Recovery and Mitigation Team
  (promote economic recovery)

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PHMSA Accomplishments

• Deployed an individual for a 5-week detail on a
  FEMA ESF-1 (Emergency Support Function)
  Transportation Team (coordinate facilitate
  transportation)
• Basically did whatever could wherever we could to
  further the response recovery
• http//www.phmsa.dot.gov/news/katrina.html

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Lessons Learned

• Impact goes beyond immediately affected area
• When LA and MS stop pumping, gasoline and diesel
  the North East quickly runs low and prices spike
• PHMSA can efficiently Coordinate Efforts with
  other Government Agencies
• We now have better relationships with other
  Agencies and will perform better in future crisis
  situations

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Lessons Learned

• PHMSA Performed Well but Could Do Better
• Hurricane Preparedness Plans have been developed
  by PHMSA
• Coastal Area Pipeline Maps and Operator Contact
  Information is Readily Available
• Availability of 4 Wheel Drive Vehicles to get
  PHMSA Personnel to Disaster Areas
• NIMS Training for Regional Personnel

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Bonus Information

• The best place to get most recent 49 CFR Parts
  190 199 and 49 CFR Part 40 (Alcohol Drug
  Abuse Regulations) is
• http//ops.dot.gov/training/index.htm
• click on Regulatory Information
• click on the part you want

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Questions ???Thank You!!

• joseph.mataich_at_dot.gov
• 404-434-7325 (cell)
• 404-832-1159

john.jacobi_at_dot.gov 281-685-7128
(cell) 713-272-2839