DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

49 CFR Part 195

[Docket No. PS–117; Notice 2]

Transportation of a Hazardous Liquid in Pipelines Operating at 20
Percent or Less of Specified Minimum Yield Strength.

agency:  Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

action:		 Notice of meeting.

summary: In Notice 1 of this proceeding, RSPA requested public comment
on the need to regulate the safety of hazardous liquid pipelines
operated at 20 percent or less of specified minimum yield strength
(SMYS).  Now the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety announces
that he will invite representatives of industry and government who have
expressed a strong interest in this proceeding to discuss relevant
issues or questions raised by Notice 1.  The meeting will be open to the
public and a transcript of the meeting will be placed in the docket.

dates:  The meeting will be held on June 17, 1991, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

addresses:  The meeting will be held in the Russell Senate Office
Building, Room 253, Delaware Avenue and Constitution Avenue, NE.,
Washington, DC.  The transcript of the meeting will be available for
inspection and copying in Room 8419, NASSIF Building, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.  (Office hours are 8:30 to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except public holidays.)

for further information contact:  G. Joseph Wolf, (202) 366–4560.

supplementary information:  The federal pipeline safety standards in
part 195 governing the transportation of hazardous liquids by pipeline
do not apply to pipelines operating at 20 percent or less of specified
minimum yield strength of the pipe (§195.1(b)(3)).  Following a serious
accident involving one of these low-stress pipelines, RSPA published an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the need to apply the part 195
regulations to these lines (Notice 1; 55 FR 45822; October 31, 1990).

	The comments we received on Notice 1 show a divergence of opinion about
the extent to which pipelines operated at 20 percent or less of SMYS
should be regulated.  To help clarify and narrow the issues involved,
the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety will invite
representatives of industry and government who have expressed a strong
interest in this proceeding to meet to discuss Notice 1.  The meeting
will be conducted as a roundtable forum.

	Anticipated participants will be representatives of the petroleum and
chemical industries, including the American Petroleum Institute, the
Association of Oil Pipelines, the Independent Liquid Terminals
Association, and the Chemical Manufacturers Association.  Other invitees
will include the National Resources Defense Council and representatives
of state agencies, including the National Association of Pipeline Safety
Representatives.  Also, Congressional staff having an interest in this
rulemaking will be invited to participate in the meeting.

	Anticipated items to be discussed at this meeting include, but are not
limited to, the following:

—Description of pipelines affected.

—Operating characteristics of pipelines operated at 20 percent or less
of SMYS.

—Description of the current oversight of affected pipelines
unregulated by OPS.

—Other federal or state regulations applicable to affected pipelines.

—Accident history of affected pipelines.

—Cost to bring affected pipelines into compliance with part 195.

—Additional cost to operate pipelines in compliance with part 195.

—General comments.

	Interested persons who do not receive an invitation to participate in
the meeting may be seated or stand in the audience to the extent space
is available.  Such persons will have an opportunity to participate in
the discussion only upon approval of the chair.  Additional procedures
for the conduct of the meeting may be established at the meeting.

(49 App. U.S.C. 2002; 49 CFR 1.53 and App. A to part 106)

	Issued in Washington, DC, on May 17, 1991.

Richard L. Beam,

Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.

[FR Doc. 91–12178 Filed 5–21–91; 8:45 am]

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