PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

Reconsideration of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure for Class
Locations

 

Public Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, March 21, 2005

8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Agenda as of March 20, 2006.  Please note that this agenda is subject to
last-minute changes.

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7:00 – 8:00		REGISTRATION

8:00 – 8:05		MEETING PRELIMINARIES

8:05 – 8:15		OPENING REMARKS

Theodore Willke, PhD -  Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline
Safety

8:15 – 8:30		AGENDA OVERVIEW

Joy O. Kadnar, MS, MA -  PE, PHMSA Director of Engineering Services,
Security, & Emergency Response

		

8:30 – 9:15	ECONOMICS OF AN INCREASE IN MAOP

Moderator:		Joy O. Kadnar

Panel Members:	Howard Murphy -  Energy Experts International, Inc.

Reconsideration of MAOP: Costs and Benefits – A Macroeconomic View

Robert Cupina -  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Energy
Projects, Deputy Director, FERC Perspective on Increased MAOP

Terry Boss - Senior Vice President, Interstate Natural Gas Association
of America

Road Map to Greater Capacity Moving from Today’s Designs to Higher
Pressures

9:15 – 10:15	GAS PIPELINES OPERATING AT 80% SMYS: IS THIS REALLY
SOMETHING NEW?

Moderator:	Ivan Huntoon -   PHMSA, Director, Central Region

Panel Members:	Andy Drake, PE -  Chairman of ASME Gas Piping Standard
Committee - B31.8S

Evolution of Life Cycle Management - Natural Gas Transmission Code

Robert Eiber -  Consultant

Higher Design Factor Review and Considerations

						Stuart Wilson -  ConocoPhillips	

A Basis for Developing the Criteria Necessary for Increasing the Design
Factor

10:15 – 10:30		BREAK

10:30 – NOON	THREAT OVERVIEW AND MANAGEMENT AT 80% SMYS

		

Moderator:	Alan K. Mayberry, PE -  PHMSA, Senior Engineer

Panel Members:	

Michael Rosenfeld, PE -  Kiefner & Associates, Inc. 

Materials and Construction		

Mark Hereth -  Process Performance Improvement Consultants, LLC

Overview and Threats

John Kiefner, PhD, PE -  Kiefner & Associates, Inc.

Third Party Damage

						Alan Eastman -  Mears, Group, Inc.

Time Dependent Threats

NOON – 1:15		LUNCH [on your own]

1:00 – 2:45	CANADIAN AND UNITED KINGDOM EXPERIENCE w/GAS PIPELINES
OPERATING AT ELEVATED PRESSURES

Moderator: 	Alan K. Mayberry, PE - PHMSA, Senior Engineer 

Panel Members:	Brian Rothwell -  Trans Canada Pipeline

Operating History of Canadian Gas Transmission Pipelines Above 72% SMYS

Jim Mihell, P. Eng. -  Director or Engineering, Dynamic Risk Assessment
Systems Inc., Canada

Pressure Upgrades: Use of Quantitative Risk Assessments Employing
Reliability Methods

Dr. Norman Sanderson – Advisor, Pipeline Design, BP Exploration, UK, &
Phil Hopkins - Penspen, UK

Permitting Onshore Pipelines Operating Above 72% SMYS:  Developments in
the United Kingdom

Dr. Andrew Francis -  Andrew Francis & Associates

Safety Justification for Operation of Onshore Gas Pipelines at Design
Factors of up to 80% SMYS

Mark Docherty -  Advantica, Inc.

Experience with the Pressure Uprating of Gas Transmission Pipelines in
the United Kingdom

2:45 – 3:00		BREAK

3:00 – 3:45	PERSPECTIVES FROM STATE PIPELINE SAFETY PROGRAMS ON
PRESERVING SAFETY

	

			Moderator:		William Gute, PHMSA -  Director, Eastern Region

Panel Members:	Donald J. Stursma, PE -  Manager, Safety & Engineering
Section, Iowa Utilities Board

Gary Farmer -  Program Manager, Gas Safety

		Maine Public Utilities Commission

Mike McGrath, PE -  Chief Engineer

Minnesota Department of Public Safety

	

		

3:45 – 4:15	SUMMARY COMMENTS AND CLOSING REMARKS

		

