Gas Distribution Integrity Management Meeting

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) plans to conduct several work group meetings in 2005 to evaluate ways to enhance integrity of gas distribution pipeline systems. The work groups include representatives of OPS, state pipeline safety regulators, the gas distribution industry, the Gas Pipeline Technology Committee, the Fire Marshal’s Association, and the public. This is the second of those meetings. The first meeting was held March 29-31, 2005 at the same location in Dallas, Texas.

The participants will be formed into four study groups to evaluate strategic options, risk control practices, protection against excavation damage, and data issues related to understanding distribution integrity threats. Interested persons may attend these meetings as observers. Observers will be given an opportunity to provide comments at the end of day.