PHMSA Public Meeting: December 13-15, 2022

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a public meeting to be held in Houston, Texas and via webcast December 13th through 15th, 2022. This meeting is to address several safety initiatives and recent National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations and to collect industry information for moving forward with potential rulemakings. Topics will include:

• Recent and Potential Safety Advisories (Geohazard/Land Movement, Maritime Issues, Hard Spots, Flow Reversals)

• The Future: Technology and New Regulatory Requirements (Technology Transfer: Innovative Tools That Can Be Used by Industry and PHMSA’s New Regulation Implementation Process)

• Failure Investigation Forum (Overview of Recent Accidents/Incidents and Common Enforcement Items Found During Incidents)

• Potential Impact Radius (Discussion of Incident and NTSB Recommendation)

• The Future: Climate and Energy Transformation (Reducing Methane Emissions, Hydrogen and Hydrogen Blending, Carbon Dioxide/Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage)

Attendees must register by December 7th at PHMSA Public Meetings and Documents: PHMSA Public Meeting 2022 (dot.gov).

If you would like to discuss these or other pipeline safety initiatives, please contact Elemental Compliance at Nicole.Tebow@ElementalCompliance.com or Lauren.Tipton@ElementalCompliance.com.