Restoring Trust in Pipeline Safety

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Restoring Trust in Pipeline Safety

• Carl Weimer, Executive Director
• Pipeline Safety Trust

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• Mission
• The Pipeline Safety Trust promotes fuel
  transportation 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.

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Growing a Core of Nationwide Advocates

• Intervening on Pipeline Issues Around the Country
• Providing Assistance and Education to Involved
  Communities and Individuals
• Soliciting Advice from experts and advocates

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Website Email Lists

• http//www.pipelinesafetytrust.com
• Safepipelines national email list
• safepipelines-subscribe_at_yahoogroups.com

• LNGsafety national email list
• Lngsafety-subscribe_at_yahoogroups.com

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State Specific Websites
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National Newsletter
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Rules Regulations

• Testimony and Advice to Congress and State
  Legislatures
• Comments on OPS and State Rulemakings
• Organizing Educating Others to Become More
  Involved

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Recent Independent Papers

• Excess Flow Valve Effectiveness in Gas
  Distribution System Service Lines
• Public Safety and FERCs LNG Spin
• A Citizen Guide to Pipeline Regulations
• Pipeline Integrity and Direct Assessment - A
  Laymans Perspective

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PST Memberships

• Chair of the Governor Appointed Washington State
  Citizen Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee
• Member of the Office of Pipeline Safetys
  Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety
  Standards Committee
• Member of the National Association of State Fire
  Marshalls Committee on Pipeline Safety
• Member of the National Pipeline Informed
  Planning Alliance