76028 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 243 / Monday, December 20, 2004 / Notices 

Dated: December 14, 2004. 

Clayton L. Diamond, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs 

Administration 

[Docket No. RSPA–04–19883] 

Pipeline Safety: Oversight 

Implementation and Inspection 

Protocols

AGENCY: Office of Pipeline Safety, 

Research and Special Programs 

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice; Gas Integrity 

Management Workshop for Inspection 

Protocols. 

SUMMARY: The Research and Special 

Programs Administration’s (RSPA) 

Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) and the 

National Association of Pipeline Safety 

Representatives (NAPSR) will cosponsor 

a workshop to discuss the oversight 

implementation of the Gas Integrity 

Management program and the 

Inspection Protocols. The workshop will 

provide a detailed review and 

discussion of Gas Pipeline Integrity 

Management Inspection Protocols as 

posted on the Gas Integrity Management 

public Web site at http://

primis.rspa.dot.gov/gasimp/prolist.gim.

RSPA/OPS and NAPSR will gather 

issues presented at the workshop 

needing additional clarification or 

guidance material development for the 

implementation of the rule oversight 

program.

DATES: January 19–20, 2005, from 8 a.m. 

to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Westin Atlanta North 

(Perimeter Mall), Seven Concourse 

Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia. URL: http://

www.westin.com. Phone: (770) 395–

3900; fax: (770) 395–3935. For 

discounted rates, please refer to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation block 

when making reservations. The deadline 

for reserving sleeping room 

accommodations is January 3, 2005, at 

5 p.m. 

This meeting is open to all interested 

parties. However, operators of natural 

gas transmission pipelines are urged to 

attend either in person or to observe the 

workshop via the internet. RSPA/OPS 

will web cast this meeting. To facilitate 

meeting planning and to obtain 

additional information regarding the 

web cast, advance registration for the 

meeting is strongly encouraged and can 

be accomplished online at the following 

Web site: http://primis.rspa.dot.gov/

meetings. Internet links to the web cast 

will also be available through this Web 

site, or from the front page of the OPS 

Web site: http://ops.dot.gov. Those 

planning to attend this meeting through 

the web cast are strongly encouraged to 

review our tips for ensuring successful 

viewing in advance, as well as to 

register through our Web site. 

Registration both ensures that we can 

accommodate all attendees and provides 

additional information to them via the 

Internet. The deadline for online 

meeting registration is January 5, 2005. 

Walk-in registration will be 

accommodated on a first-come, firstserved basis. 

Attendees will be provided the 

opportunity, at scheduled times during 

the workshop, to ask questions or make 

short statements on the topics under 

discussion. You may submit written 

comments by mail or deliver to the 

Dockets Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), Room PL–401, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. It is open from 10 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. You also may 

submit written comments to the docket 

electronically. To do so, log onto the 

following Internet Web address: http://

dms.dot.gov. Click on ‘‘Help’’ for 

instructions on how to file a document 

electronically. All written comments 

should identify the docket and notice 

numbers which appear in the heading of 

this notice. Anyone who would like 

confirmation of mailed comments must 

include a self-addressed stamped 

postcard. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the April 11, 2000, issue of 

the Federal Register (Volume 65, 

Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information on hotel 

accommodations, contact Janice Morgan 

at (202) 366–2392 or 

janice.morgan@rspa.dot.gov.

Contact Zach Barrett at (405) 954–

5559; E-mail zach.barrett@tsi.jccbi.gov,

or Jeff Wiese at (202) 366–2036; E-mail 

jeff.wiese@rspa.dot.gov regarding the 

subject matter of this notice. Additional 

information about gas integrity 

management can be found at http://

primis.rspa.dot.gov/gasimp. You can 

read comments and other material in the 

docket on the Internet at: http://

dms.dot.gov.

Information on Services for 

Individuals With Disabilites: For 

information on facilities or services for 

individuals with disabilities or to 

request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact Juan Carlos Martinez at 

(202) 366–1933; E-mail: 

juan.martinez@rspa.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 

2003 required RSPA/OPS to issue 

regulations, not later than December 17, 

2003, prescribing standards to direct an 

operator’s conduct of a risk analysis and 

adoption and implementation of an 

integrity management program. On 

December 15, 2003, RSPA/OPS issued a 

Final Gas Integrity Management Rule 

(68 FR 69778) meeting the 

Congressional requirements for a risk 

analysis and implementation of an 

integrity management program. As in 

the earlier rule for integrity management 

of hazardous liquid pipelines, RSPA/

OPS had four fundamental objectives for 

the Gas Integrity Management Rule: (1) 

To perform ongoing integrity 

assessments (i.e., in-line inspection, 

pressure testing or direct assessment) for 

pipelines that can affect high 

consequence areas; (2) to improve 

operator integrity management systems; 

(3) to improve government oversight of 

operator integrity management 

programs; and (4) to improve public 

assurance in pipeline safety. RSPA/OPS 

held an Integrity Management 

Workshop May 11–12, 2004, providing 

an in-depth discussion of the Gas 

Integrity Management Rule 

requirements. 

The January 19–20, 2005, workshop 

will provide insight into the Gas 

Integrity Management Inspection 

Protocols and implementation of our 

oversight program. Specific 

requirements of the rule, as well as a 

wide variety of information concerning 

its implementation and enforcement, 

can be found at: http://

primis.rspa.dot.gov/gasimp.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60102, 60109, 60117.

Issued in Washington, DC on December 16, 

2004. 

Stacey L. Gerard, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.

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