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Gas Plpehne Safety
have wnllen several eulumns over always ralluws Lhe reebmenendauans lnlemanbnal anrl Public Arcarr. nu.
me years regarrlmg the ofll:n- of the cmc. Transenpls of the mrlnurlual l. res-punslble for as.unng
pamlul pruee.-s of regulanng cmc meenng. used to be avallable that the eurrenl adenrmslralions
p.pelme.- l am remlnderl of llae on me PHMSA web sue (the PHMSA mgulalory reform pulleles are belng

analogy of making sau.age and pas.mg web .-rre ls eurrenlly berng upgraderl unplemenled. At this .eermd cmc
leglslalmn —both can be erlremely and full functionality 11r1~ yer [0 be meeung, lus presenee was quit:
I|nplcr1~r1nl Io walela. l med lo find reslured) bul are snll ayallalrle m Lhe apparenl. By lne llurd cmc meelmg
Lhe orrgmalurunbe analogy and, doelrel al xllmw.rc'g14Il1Iilm5.gr:v. [have me pb.-mun was uaeanl. clearly,
rlependmg an which .uuree ynu ean not chncknd lne lulal, bul typlcally PHMSA ls eenremed wnb lne easl
belleve, bulb Our: man Blsmr1xck(1815 eaela cmc gas Mega Rull: eneellng bl lbe proposed change. bul, In my

- 1898) anrl Mark Twaln (1335 7 mm generale. suenellung elbse [0 am pages uplnmn, ll would be In vHMsA's be.l
offered eummenls. A~ a slrepne, l of rransenpl mleresl (as well as lhl: publle's be.l
would .-nnply add lbal, |n llae end, Hm I mm my PW“? mleresl) to try lu gel llaar pbsmen filled
.-au.-age ls usually much more palalable ‘ ‘ * as qulckly as pusnble. ln PHMSA’s
Lhan new legl.laubn ur new regulatlon. derense, H l. a politlcr1lpo~il|un and
Back In 2011, PHMSA (llae Federal I 1 , ‘ PHNXEA }‘“°}i‘“'“"“3‘"V.' “1:fl““'fl‘“
,,,,,erreaery regulaturyagzncy) 10 ( 0 \ 1 W W 0%“ =v°
.larled lne prOCc.~‘~ of nnplemennng _ New for a 30,000-fuot repan on
mayor revlsmns [O the regulanun. ‘ _ ‘ lne aelual prugress; Nothing m
guyemlng nalural gas prpelmes. nu. I 5 (I 5 me c.a.- Mega Rule rs all Ihaleardl
was ba.ed on ebngresslunal drreelnres 7 sballerlng In lexm~ of mqulring
(lL‘gl~lauon), reeommendauons {mm 1 O 51 r I lraeeable, verifiable and eumplele

Lhe Nanbnal Tran.-purranbn Safety » ( reeurd. neeess-ary Io esralrll.la .-are
Bnazd (llaey inveshgalc plpelme as well . ' ' 7 opezatlng pressures fox gas plpelmes
as arrlme rnerrlenls), demand. from fl \ The rleurl .s, as lney say, |n(1lI:
plpelme safcty aeuvr.-ls, rlemand. from 1 dela.l.. wben llus prbee.-. slarled |n
environmental aeuylsls (who don't llkz - zlm, the palmeal environment was
plpelmes — PERIOD), adver.-e publlclty ( I (\ 1" ‘ 1 1 S‘ eunsrderably drrcerem PHMSA lbuked
relaled to several .-lgnmeanl melrlenls, ‘ ‘ ' al all llae mpul and rlumully lned

Lhe re.-ulls of plpelmc mspeenbns, mpul Io accommudale all llae mpul from
from srale plpelme sarery ageneles, mmnded Mu of the mm Ca‘ M a gbvernmenl and me publlc 7 re me
and Pl~lMsA'.- own pereepnen. of R 1‘ Ohm M * 1 3 V lune of ever lau pr1gc~lnIhl: Fedeml
what needed to be done The nabee of “ ‘ 1 "‘fh°“"g‘ T _ ":"Lh‘“P|’> Regmer. ln 2017, thus polmeal elunale
propu.ed rulernalrmg wa. publhhnd 2§P‘:%"“ ““‘ ‘““"‘ °” ° “ elaanged. The Intcgnty ulprpellne.
A l 8 2015 and eneraled ovcz 400 “""‘ “'1 “'°" P’“'’“’““1 “"d “’“" was and ls llae nma ob eeuve.

V" ' 3 lfied to arnel ale- PHMSA}md ’ ' P ‘Y ‘
eummenls (over 4,000 pages‘). A. T” ‘ P P ,, ’ Huweuer, eeunumrelaelars were
_ done us bbmewbrle m respundlng .
of January Z01B,l1'1EPl'D(Qaa|a .nll Lh _ V d d m finally reeugnlzerl as a eanslderamm
gulng an. In dale, lhere have been ‘° “ ‘'-‘"‘"‘““‘’ mm" 2 “"“g 9 where can lrmrled re.auree. be besl
Lhnzc meelmgs of the cas Plpelme l_’“b"°d“°‘“1"}““' P”'‘’‘‘' W‘ PHMSA mve.led to enlaanee plpelme ~af2ty7
Advisory curnmmee (CPAC) Tlae ”““"“ ' a.‘ ‘M "‘ ‘"3’ °P‘“'°“' "‘°" PHMSA had been prurnullng n.-le
CPAChas15 members —5 each from °|’;“ ‘S d'l“."_’$“° WM‘ ‘“‘1’‘‘‘ "" based regulaliens (a goud dung’) but
guvemrnenl, the gas p|pI:llne lnduslry, '“ “" ““ "’““”’ PHMSA’~ euneepl of wbal II eusls lo
and me pubIlc— and PHMSA alrno.l one rssue of persbnal ebneem relale. lu operale a plpelme ls, in my erpenenee,
lne PHMSA Dueelur of cuvernmemal,
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