The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a preliminary notice announcing a public workshop to advance risk modeling methodologies of gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines and non-pipeline systems. This workshop will bring industry, Federal and state regulators, interested members of the public, and other stakeholders together to share knowledge and experience on risk modelling within the pipeline industry and other fields, ways to advance pipeline risk models, and practical ways that operators can adopt and/or adapt them to the analyses of their systems.
Additionally, through this notice, and in preparation for this public meeting, PHMSA is inviting abstracts on relevant engineering and technical modeling considerations related to advancing pipeline risk models, and risk modeling methodologies used in other non-pipeline applications. PHMSA recognizes that other industries may offer potential ideas and solutions to risk modelling that are applicable to pipelines and therefore encourages participation in the solicitation from outside of the pipeline industry and outside of industrial applications. Each author of an accepted abstract will be invited to make a short presentation at the workshop.
The public workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, and Thursday, September 10, 2015, times TBD.
To be considered for presentation at the upcoming workshop, authors must submit abstracts to the docket PHMSA-2015-0139 and email Kenneth Lee at [email protected] by July 15, 2015. PHMSA will notify authors by email by July 31, 2015, whether their abstracts are accepted for presentation. Each author of an accepted abstract will be invited to make a short presentation at the workshop.
Members of the public may also submit written comments either before or after the workshop. Comments should reference Docket No. PHMSA-2015-0139. Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
- E-Gov Web site (regulations.gov): This site allows the public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice issued by any agency. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
- Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
- Mail: Docket Management System, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E., Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
- Hand Delivery: DOT Docket Management System, Room W12-140, on the ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E., Washington, DC between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Identify the docket number at the beginning of your comments. If you submit your comments by mail, submit two copies. If you wish to receive confirmation that PHMSA has received your comments, include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Internet users may submit comments at regulations.gov.
Contact Kenneth Lee, director, Engineering and Research Division, at +1 202-366-2694 or [email protected] about the subject matter in this notice and for abstract submittal.
Source: Federal Register, federalregister.gov.
