80 FR 38266 - Pipeline Safety: Risk Modeling Methodologies Public Workshop
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 127 (July 2, 2015)
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 127 (July 2, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-16265 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 38266-38267] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-16265] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [Docket No. PHMSA-2015-0139] Pipeline Safety: Risk Modeling Methodologies Public Workshop AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, DOT. ACTION: Call for abstracts; preliminary notice of public workshop. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This preliminary notice is to announce a public workshop to advance risk modeling methodologies of gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines and non-pipeline systems. This workshop will bring industry, Federal and state regulators, interested members of the public, and other stakeholders together to share knowledge and experience on risk modelling within the pipeline industry and other fields, ways to advance pipeline risk models, and practical ways that operators can adopt and/or adapt them to the analyses of their systems. Additionally, through this notice, and in preparation for this public meeting, we are inviting abstracts on relevant engineering and technical modeling considerations related to advancing pipeline risk models, and risk modeling methodologies used in other non-pipeline applications. PHMSA recognizes that other industries may offer potential ideas and solutions to risk modelling that are applicable to pipelines and therefore encourages participation in the solicitation from outside of the pipeline industry and outside of industrial applications. Each author of an accepted abstract will be invited to make a short presentation at the workshop. DATES: The public workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, and Thursday, September 10, 2015, times TBD. To be considered for presentation at the upcoming workshop, authors must submit abstracts to the docket PHMSA-2015-0139 and email Kenneth Lee at Kenneth.lee@dot.gov by July 15, 2015. ADDRESSES: Washington, DC Metro area--venue TBD. Comments: To be considered for presentation at the upcoming workshop, authors must submit abstracts to the docket PHMSA-2015-0139 and email Kenneth Lee at Kenneth.lee@dot.gov by July 15, 2015. PHMSA will notify authors by email by July 31, 2015, whether their abstracts were accepted for presentation. Each author of an accepted abstract will be invited to [[Page 38267]] make a short presentation at the workshop. Members of the public may also submit written comments either before or after the workshop. Comments should reference Docket No. PHMSA-2015-0139. Comments may be submitted in the following ways:E-Gov Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. This site allows the public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice issued by any agency. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Fax: 1-202-493-2251. Mail: Docket Management System, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. Hand Delivery: DOT Docket Management System, Room W12-140, on the ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Instructions: Identify the docket number at the beginning of your comments. If you submit your comments by mail, submit two copies. If you wish to receive confirmation that PHMSA has received your comments, include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Internet users may submit comments at http://www.regulations.gov. Note: Comments will be posted without changes or edits to http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act Statement heading below for additional information. 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 April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19476). 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 Mr. Kenneth Lee, Director, Engineering and Research Division, at (202) 366-2694 or Kenneth.lee@dot.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Lee, Director, Engineering and Research Division, at 202-366-2694 or Kenneth.lee@dot.gov about the subject matter in this notice and for abstract submittal. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Introduction An integral part of requirements to manage the integrity of pipeline systems (49 CFR part 192, subpart O; 49 CFR 195.452) is the continual examination of ways to reduce the threats to pipelines in order to minimize the likelihood of a release, and ways to reduce the consequences of potential releases. A primary tool to implement this process is generally referred to as a ``risk analysis'' or ``risk assessment.'' To support integrity management requirements, a risk analysis modeling approach must be able to adequately characterize all pipeline integrity threats and consequences concurrently, and the impact of measures to reduce risk must be evaluated. This workshop will focus on advancing risk modeling approaches by looking at risk modelling methodologies for pipeline and non-pipeline systems, and practical ways that operators can adopt and/or adapt them to the analyses of their systems. Background Subsequent to implementation of the integrity management rules, industry has adopted a variety of approaches to risk analysis. Many of these approaches are variations of the ``risk index'' models. While index models and other basic approaches to risk modeling have been implemented by industry for purposes such as risk-ranking pipeline segments to prioritize initial integrity management-required baseline assessments, the ability of many of these approaches to do more investigative oriented analyses in order to identify specific ways to reduce risk is limited. As summarized and discussed in past public forums and workshops on pipeline safety (e.g., 2014 Government/Industry Pipeline R&D Forum), industry and PHMSA are in general agreement that risk models need to evolve in such a way as to be more investigative in nature. PHMSA believes that improving risk models is important for further reducing the risk of pipelines to the public health and safety. In particular, PHMSA is interested in specific ways to advance pipeline risk models, and in practical ways that operators can adopt and/or adapt risk models to the analyses of their systems. Call for Abstracts We invite abstracts which present ways to advance pipeline risk models, risk modeling methodologies used in other non-pipeline applications, and practical ways that operators can adopt and/or adapt them to the analyses of their systems. Specific examples of applications are encouraged. PHMSA is interested in engineering and technical modeling considerations including, but not limited to: Quantitative and semi-quantitative risk approaches. Interacting integrity threats. Applicability to evaluating preventive measures and mitigative measures. Availability of data to support identified risk modeling approach. Risk models. Approaches to pipeline facility risk. Investigative performance of the example potential approach. Adaptation of model approaches from non-pipeline systems. Cost. Authority: 49 U.S.C. Chapter 601 and 49 CFR 1.97. Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2015. Jeffrey D. Wiese, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. [FR Doc. 2015-16265 Filed 7-1-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-60-P
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Transportation (Secretary) and the FTA the public and one need not be a DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Administrator in response to tasks member of TRACS to attend. Interested
assigned to the committee. The TRACS parties may view the information about Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
does not exercise program management the committee at: http:// Safety Administration
responsibilities and makes no decisions www.fta.dot.gov/about/13099.html. [Docket No. PHMSA–2015–0139]
directly affecting the programs on which
it provides advice. The Secretary may II. Nominations
Pipeline Safety: Risk Modeling
accept or reject a recommendation made Methodologies Public Workshop
Qualified individuals interested in
by TRACS and is not bound to pursue
serving on this committee are invited to AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous
any recommendation from TRACS.
apply to FTA for appointment. The FTA Materials Safety Administration, DOT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Administrator will recommend
Bridget Zamperini, Office of Transit ACTION: Call for abstracts; preliminary
nominees for appointment by the
Safety and Oversight (TSO), Federal notice of public workshop.
Secretary. Appointments are for two-
Transit Administration, 1200 New
year terms; however, the Secretary may SUMMARY: This preliminary notice is to
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590–0001 (telephone: 202–366–0306; reappoint a member to serve additional announce a public workshop to advance
or email: Bridget.Zamperini@dot.gov). terms. Nominees should be risk modeling methodologies of gas
knowledgeable of trends or issues transmission and hazardous liquid
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
related to rail transit and bus transit pipelines and non-pipeline systems.
I. Background safety. Along with their experience in This workshop will bring industry,
On December 8, 2009, TRACS was the bus transit or rail transit industry, Federal and state regulators, interested
originally chartered by the Secretary for nominees will also be evaluated on members of the public, and other
the purpose of providing a forum for the factors including leadership and stakeholders together to share
development, consideration, and organizational skills, region of the knowledge and experience on risk
communication of information from country represented, diversity modelling within the pipeline industry
knowledgeable and independent characteristics, and the overall balance and other fields, ways to advance
perspectives regarding modes of public of industry representation. pipeline risk models, and practical ways
transit safety. The TRACS consists of that operators can adopt and/or adapt
Each nomination should include the them to the analyses of their systems.
members representing key nominee’s name and organizational
constituencies affected by transit safety Additionally, through this notice, and
affiliation, a cover letter describing the in preparation for this public meeting,
requirements, including transit rail and nominee’s qualifications and interest in
bus safety experts, research institutions, we are inviting abstracts on relevant
serving on the committee, a curriculum engineering and technical modeling
industry associations, labor unions,
vitae or resume of the nominee’s considerations related to advancing
transit agencies, and State Safety
qualifications, and contact information pipeline risk models, and risk modeling
Oversight Agencies.
With passage of the Moving Ahead for including the nominee’s name, address, methodologies used in other non-
Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP– phone number, fax number, and email pipeline applications. PHMSA
21), Public Law 112–141 (2012), FTA’s address. Self-nominations are recognizes that other industries may
safety oversight authority is expanded to acceptable. The FTA prefers electronic offer potential ideas and solutions to
include all modes of public submissions for all applications to risk modelling that are applicable to
transportation. Therefore, TRACS TRACS@dot.gov. Applications will also pipelines and therefore encourages
membership is configured to reflect a be accepted via U.S. mail at the address participation in the solicitation from
broad range of safety constituents identified in the FOR FURTHER outside of the pipeline industry and
representative of the public INFORMATION CONTACT section of this outside of industrial applications. Each
transportation industry and include key notice. author of an accepted abstract will be
constituencies affected by safety invited to make a short presentation at
In the near-term, FTA expects to the workshop.
requirements for transit rail and/or nominate up to eight representatives
transit bus. Individuals representing DATES: The public workshop will be
from the public transportation safety
labor unions, rail and bus transit held on Wednesday, September 9, 2015,
community for immediate TRACS and Thursday, September 10, 2015,
agencies, paratransit service providers membership. In order to be considered
(both general public and Americans times TBD. To be considered for
for this round of appointments, presentation at the upcoming workshop,
with Disabilities Act complementary
applications should be submitted by authors must submit abstracts to the
service), State Safety Oversight
August 31, 2015. The Secretary, in docket PHMSA–2015–0139 and email
Agencies, State Departments of
Transportation, transit safety research consultation with the FTA Kenneth Lee at Kenneth.lee@dot.gov by
organizations and the rail and bus Administrator, will make the final July 15, 2015.
transit safety industry are invited to decision regarding committee ADDRESSES: Washington, DC Metro
apply for membership. membership selections. area—venue TBD.
The TRACS meets approximately Therese W. McMillan, Comments: To be considered for
twice a year, usually in Washington, DC, presentation at the upcoming workshop,
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Acting Administrator.
but may meet more frequently or via authors must submit abstracts to the
[FR Doc. 2015–16288 Filed 7–1–15; 8:45 am]
conference call as needed. Members docket PHMSA–2015–0139 and email
serve at their own expense and receive BILLING CODE P Kenneth Lee at Kenneth.lee@dot.gov by
no salary from the Federal Government. July 15, 2015. PHMSA will notify
The FTA retains authority to review the authors by email by July 31, 2015,
participation of any TRACS member whether their abstracts were accepted
and to recommend changes at any time. for presentation. Each author of an
The TRACS meetings will be open to accepted abstract will be invited to
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make a short presentation at the Introduction and/or adapt them to the analyses of
workshop. An integral part of requirements to their systems.
Members of the public may also Specific examples of applications are
manage the integrity of pipeline systems
submit written comments either before encouraged. PHMSA is interested in
(49 CFR part 192, subpart O; 49 CFR
or after the workshop. Comments engineering and technical modeling
195.452) is the continual examination of
should reference Docket No. considerations including, but not
ways to reduce the threats to pipelines
PHMSA–2015–0139. Comments may be limited to:
in order to minimize the likelihood of
submitted in the following ways: • Quantitative and semi-quantitative
a release, and ways to reduce the
• E-Gov Web site: http:// consequences of potential releases. A
risk approaches.
www.regulations.gov. This site allows • Interacting integrity threats.
primary tool to implement this process • Applicability to evaluating
the public to enter comments on any is generally referred to as a ‘‘risk
Federal Register notice issued by any preventive measures and mitigative
analysis’’ or ‘‘risk assessment.’’ measures.
agency. Follow the instructions for To support integrity management
submitting comments. • Availability of data to support
requirements, a risk analysis modeling identified risk modeling approach.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. approach must be able to adequately • Risk models.
• Mail: Docket Management System, characterize all pipeline integrity threats • Approaches to pipeline facility risk.
U.S. Department of Transportation and consequences concurrently, and the • Investigative performance of the
(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., impact of measures to reduce risk must example potential approach.
Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. be evaluated. • Adaptation of model approaches
Hand Delivery: DOT Docket This workshop will focus on from non-pipeline systems.
Management System, Room W12–140, advancing risk modeling approaches by • Cost.
on the ground floor of the West looking at risk modelling methodologies
Authority: 49 U.S.C. Chapter 601 and 49
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., for pipeline and non-pipeline systems, CFR 1.97.
Washington, DC between 9:00 a.m. and and practical ways that operators can
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, adopt and/or adapt them to the analyses Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26,
except Federal holidays. 2015.
of their systems.
Instructions: Identify the docket Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Background Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
number at the beginning of your
comments. If you submit your Subsequent to implementation of the [FR Doc. 2015–16265 Filed 7–1–15; 8:45 am]
comments by mail, submit two copies. integrity management rules, industry BILLING CODE 4910–60–P
If you wish to receive confirmation that has adopted a variety of approaches to
PHMSA has received your comments, risk analysis. Many of these approaches
include a self-addressed stamped are variations of the ‘‘risk index’’ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
postcard. Internet users may submit models.
comments at http:// While index models and other basic Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
www.regulations.gov. approaches to risk modeling have been Safety Administration
Note: Comments will be posted without implemented by industry for purposes
Hazardous Materials: Notice of
changes or edits to http:// such as risk-ranking pipeline segments
Application for Modification of Special
www.regulations.gov including any personal to prioritize initial integrity
Permit
information provided. Please see the Privacy management-required baseline
Act Statement heading below for additional assessments, the ability of many of these AGENCY: Office of Hazardous Materials
information. approaches to do more investigative Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous
oriented analyses in order to identify Materials Safety Administration
Privacy Act Statement specific ways to reduce risk is limited. (PHMSA), DOT.
Anyone may search the electronic As summarized and discussed in past ACTION: List of applications for
form of all comments received for any public forums and workshops on modification of special permits.
of our dockets. You may review DOT’s pipeline safety (e.g., 2014 Government/
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Industry Pipeline R&D Forum), industry SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Register published April 11, and PHMSA are in general agreement procedures governing the application
2000, (65 FR 19476). that risk models need to evolve in such for, and the processing of, special
a way as to be more investigative in permits from the Department of
Information on Services for Individuals nature. Transportation’s Hazardous Material
With Disabilities PHMSA believes that improving risk Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart
For information on facilities or models is important for further reducing B), notice is hereby given that the Office
services for individuals with the risk of pipelines to the public health of Hazardous Materials Safety has
disabilities, or to request special and safety. In particular, PHMSA is received the applications described
assistance at the meeting, please contact interested in specific ways to advance herein. This notice is abbreviated to
Mr. Kenneth Lee, Director, Engineering pipeline risk models, and in practical expedite docketing and public notice.
and Research Division, at (202) 366– ways that operators can adopt and/or Because the sections affected, modes of
transportation, and the nature of
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
2694 or Kenneth.lee@dot.gov. adapt risk models to the analyses of
their systems. application have been shown in earlier
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Federal Register publications, they are
Kenneth Lee, Director, Engineering and Call for Abstracts not repeated here. Requests for
Research Division, at 202–366–2694 or
We invite abstracts which present modification of special permits (e.g. to
Kenneth.lee@dot.gov about the subject
ways to advance pipeline risk models, provide for additional hazardous
matter in this notice and for abstract
risk modeling methodologies used in materials, packaging design changes,
submittal.
other non-pipeline applications, and additional mode of transportation, etc.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: practical ways that operators can adopt are described in footnotes to the
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| Dates | The public workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, and Thursday, September 10, 2015, times TBD. To be considered for presentation at the upcoming workshop, authors must submit abstracts to the docket PHMSA-2015-0139 and email Kenneth Lee at [email protected] by July 15, 2015. | |
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| FR Citation | 80 FR 38266 |
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