New England Pipeline Safety Representatives Seminar - October 20-21, 2015 - Mount Snow, VT

NE Pipeline Safety Representatives

Pipeline Safety Seminar,
Oct. 20-21 2015

Sponsored by: New England Pipeline Safety
Representatives (NEPSR)
In cooperation with the
US Department
of Transportation
Pipeline and
Hazardous
Materials
Administration
(PHMSA)
Office of Training & Qualifications
And Eastern Region

Seminar being held at:
Mount Snow

89 Summit Way
West Dover, VT 05356

Room Reservations must be made with
Mount Snow by
September 26, 2015

Call: 800-817-0764

Mention "Pipeline Safety seminar"
to receive the contracted room rate

On-line room reservation:
https://www.mountsnow.com/your-stay/grand-summit

Hotel rates:
$99 Hotel & Studio Rooms
$139 One Bedroom Suite

+ 18% includes resort fee

Questions:
Michelle LaPerle
call: 802-828-3182 or
email: michelle.laperle@vermont.gov

Registration Fee:
$150.00 per person by Sept. 22, 2015
$165.00 per person after Sept. 22, 2015

2015
Registration fees are not
refundable, but substitutions are
allowed.

Please make checks payable to:
NEPSR

Tuesday
October 20, 2015

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Registration

Noon - 1:00 PM Welcome Lunch (included)

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Introductions & Opening Remarks

1:20 PM - 2:45 PM Regulation Updates - Overview of recent amendments to the pipeline safety laws, regulations, protocols, FAQs and federal regulatory events (Letitia Santos, PHMSA Office of Training & Qualifications)

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Break

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Plastic Pipe issues in the Eastern Region-
What plastic problems are being encountered in your backyard? (Gary Kenny, Maine PUC)

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PHMSA Enforcement trends in the Eastern Region -
Hear it first hand, what are the trends in the Eastern Region.
(Byron Coy, PHSMA, Eastern Region)

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM Question & Answer Session - All regulations
(PHMSA T&Q only)

 
Wednesday
October 21, 2015

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast (included)

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM NTSB -
A presentation on the East Harlem, NY Natural Gas Explosion (NTSB Speaker to be determined)

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Odorant, is your gas really odorized?
See what's going on in Rhode Island when it comes to odorized gas. When is enough really enough?
(Don Ledveris, Rhode Island DPUC)

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Break

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CIP Lining
Planning on replacing a gas main in your downtown, maybe replacement isn't the only option, hear about CIP Lining as an alternative.
(Mario Carbone or Shawn Albert, Progressive Pipe)

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Propane - Various topics will be discussed to help operators meet compliance. (Joe Rose, Propane Gas Association of New England, PGANE, TD Williams)

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Operator Qualification.
The rule has been around for a while now, are we really any further along than where we started, a discussion of the issues.
(Randy Knepper, New Hampshire PUC)

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Lunch (included)

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Regulator Roundtable - Regulators from CT, MA, ME, NH, RI & VT will discuss current topics of interest in their states

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM State Regulator Response to Q & A - Regulators from CT, MA, ME, NH, RI & VT will discuss the issues developed under the Q & A

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Ask the Regulator - Open question and answer session on topics of interest to the operators

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Closing remarks, evaluation, future seminar plans