
[Federal Register: May 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 88)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2005-27954]

 
Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety 
Standards Committee

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of PHMSA's Technical 
Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC). The committee will meet to 
vote on two proposed rules; (1) Standards for Increasing the Maximum 
Allowable Operating Pressure for Gas Transmission Pipelines and, (2) 
Pipeline Safety: Polyamide-11 (PA-11) Plastic Pipe Design Pressures.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 10, 2008, from 1 p.m. 
to 5 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: The Committee members will participate by telephone 
conference call. Members of the public may attend the meeting at the 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., East 
Building, 2nd Floor, Room E27 302, in Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information regarding 
this meeting, please contact Kay McIver at 202 366-0113, or by e-mail 
at kay.mciver@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Meeting Details

    Members of the public may attend and make a statement during the 
meeting. If you plan to make a statement during the advisory committee 
meeting, please notify the names contact under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT by May 30, 2008. Please note that the meeting's presiding 
officer may deny a nonscheduled request to make a statement and may 
also limit the time of any speaker.
    Privacy Act Statement: Anyone may search the electronic form of all 
comments received for any of our dockets. You may review DOT's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477) or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meeting, please 
contact Kay McIver at 202 366-0113 by May 30, 2008.

II. Committee Background

    The TPSSC is a statutorily mandated advisory committee that advises 
PHMSA on proposed safety standards, risks assessments, and safety 
policies for natural gas pipelines. The TPSSC was established under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 1) and 
the pipeline safety law (49 U.S.C. Chap. 601). The committee consists 
of 15 members--with membership evenly divided among the Federal and 
State government, the regulated industry, and the general public. The 
TPSSC advises on technical feasibility, practicability, and cost-
effectiveness of each proposed pipeline safety standard.

III. Agenda

    The agenda for the meeting will include discussions and votes on 
two notices of proposed rulemaking.
    1: Standards for Increasing the Maximum Allowable Operating 
Pressure for Gas Transmission Pipelines. (73 FR 13167: Mar 12, 2008).
    2: Pipeline Safety: Polyamide-11 (PA-11) Plastic Pipe Design 
Pressures. (73 FR 1307: Jan 8, 2008).

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60102, 60115; 60118.

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 30, 2008.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
 [FR Doc. E8-9930 Filed 5-5-08; 8:45 am]

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