[Docket No. PHMSA-2009-0203]

Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Technical Pipeline Advisory Committee and the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will host meetings of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC), also known as the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, and the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC), also known as the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee.

DATES: The committees will meet in joint sessions on Tuesday, February, 25, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST.

The meetings will not be web cast; however, presentations will be available on the meeting website and posted on the E-Gov website: http://www.regulations.gov under docket number PHMSA–2009-0203 within 30 days following the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The Pipeline Advisory Committee meetings will be held at the Westin Arlington Gateway, 801 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203. A personalized Web site for the PHMSA Advisory Committee Meeting & SMS Public Workshop occurring (February 25, 2014 – February 27, 2014) has been created for your convenience. Please use the link below to book your room (immediately, of course). The government rate of $184.00 plus 13% tax is available to the group. Advisory committee members and speakers have priority in the block of rooms. PHMSA Advisory Committee Meeting & SMS Public Workshop (OR copy and paste the following link into a web browser).

https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1402066717&key=AC1CB

The agenda and any additional information will be published on the PHMSA website (http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/public) under "Latest News" on the homepage. In the interim, please register on the following pipeline advisory committee page:

https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=94

MEETING DETAILS
The committees will meet to discuss whether or not to support the exclusion of section 4.2 of ASTM D2513-09a, "Standard Specification for Polyethylene (PE) Gas Pressure Pipe, Tubing, and Fittings," for PE materials. Section 4.2 addresses the use of rework materials. Other topics to be discussed will include performance metrics for pipeline operations, safety management systems in other industries, and agency, State, and stakeholder priorities.

Members of the public may attend and make a statement during the advisory committee meeting. If you intend to make a statement, please notify PHMSA in advance by forwarding an e-mail to cheryl.whetsel@dot.gov by February 10, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the meeting, contact Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202-366-4431 or by e-mail at cheryl.whetsel@dot.gov.