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Gas Pipeline Safety
have wntmn sevelal eulurnns OVCI always lallows Lhc reeornnlendanuns lnlernallollal and [’ubll(Affalr~ nus
llle years regarrllng the onen- of the cmc. Transerlpls of llle lnrllulrlual ls lesponslble for assuring
painful proeess of rcgulatlng GPAC nleenngs used to be avallable lllal lbe current adnllnlslrallonns
p|pL‘lmL‘~ l aln remmdcd of tlic on llle PHMSA web slle (the PHMSA mgulalory lerornl polleles ale belng

analogy of makmg sausage and passlng well ~llc ls currently belng upgraded lnlplelnenled. Al llle seeand cmc
leglslallon —botl\ can be extremely and full mnnlonallly llas yet to be lneellng, llls presence was aulle
unpleasanl la watch. lll-led to find reslured) but are still avallallle ln lbe apparent. By llle llllrd cmc rneellng,
the onglnatorofthc analogy and, dockcl al IKYXKYIU.I('Xl4[/1IlUl(5.XLIl/. [have llle poslllon was vacant. clearly,
dependlng un wlllell ~0ur:e you Can not chctkud llle total, bul lyplcally PHMSA ls eoneerned wllll llle eusl
belleve, llulll Om: vun BIsmr1rck(1315 eaell cmc gas Mega Rule nleellng of Lhc proposed ellanges but, in my

— 1898) and Mark Twaln (1335 — 1910; generares sunlelblllg elose to BUD pages Dp|nlOn, |t would be ln [’HMSA’s besl
offered eornlnenls. As a slrepllel of lranserlpl lnlelesuas well as llle publlesbesl
would slnlply add that, ln llle end, H I d K II lnleresl) Io lry to get that poslllan filled
sausage ls usually much more palalable “V” "“‘ “ "‘> P°“‘ * as qulckly as pusslble. ln PHMSA’s
Lhan new leglslallon ur new regulatlon. defense, |I ls a polllleal poslnun and
Bark ln 2011, PHMSA (llle Federal * ‘ ‘I _ I; , K ‘ PHMSA M’ "M" “ “"3 ‘"fl“‘“‘“

. -. J ~,K ,l . I I, l,I s regardlng wllu gels Llle lob ar wllen.

pipeline safety regulatory ageney) I I V: lK l  l. r K ,

slarled thc proeess ui lnlplelnellllng _ Nuw fax a 3n,lmu-ruol repurl on
major revlslans lo Lhe regulallons I . K I I . llle aenlal prrlgress; Nolhmg ln
guvernlng nalural gas plpellnes. nus l “by ’L I “W llle Gas Mega Rule ls all Ihalezlrth
was llased on eongresslunal dlreellres , ‘ sbanerlng ln lcrm~ of mqulnng
(leglslanon), mtommnndauons [mm lg ; » I. -. K E » r I I lraeeable, venfiabln and eulnplele

llle Nallonal Tlansporlallon Safety Q J. L ls — ‘l« ‘e é a reeurds necessary to eslallllsll sate
Board (tlmy lnvesngale plpellne as well a K I a * Dpexatlng pressures sol gas plpellnes
as alrllne lnelrlenls), demands from s 2,: r   a  a, The rleyll ls, as they say, ln tlm
plpcline safely aellvlsls, demands from ' i‘ -  ~ l ‘~ detr1|l~. wllen lllls proeess slalled ln
environmental aellvlsrs (wbo dun’l llkn v I »« — 2011, Lhc pulmtal envlronrnenl was
plpellnes — PERIOD), adverse pubhclty I‘  g : ll ,5 ‘ [I \::v eunslderably diffcmm PHMSA louknd
relaled to several slgnllleanl lnelrlenls, ' * * ‘ A ' " at all tlm Input and rlullrully lrled

the results of plpellne lnspeellons, Input la aeeornnlodale all llle Input from
from slale plpellne sarery ageneles, K _ government and llle publlc 7 la llle
and Pl~lMsA's own pereepllons of :I“‘I‘“:;;"IfC“"" "‘ ‘h‘ ”“:I‘°IC“’IM“g“I lune of ever lau pages ln llle Federal
wllal needed to be done Tlle nauee of “ E "‘““"g‘ ““ ‘“" “PW Reglsler. In 2017, «he polllleal ellnlale

K I II II to mpnn tlml llle nlenlbels of Lhc I II III I I I I K_
pxopo~2d rulenlalrlng n as publh e I K H e lange . e ln egrln u plpe lnes
GPAC were all vldl pmpamd and well
Aprll 2, 2015 and gelleraled Ovex mu IIIIIIM IO mm M PHI/ISIIIWI was, and ls, llle pnmary obleellve.
eornlnenls (over 4,000 pagesl). As 2 P‘ P ,, ’ Huweuer, nconomlciactun were
done lls homcwozk ln respundlng
of January 2018, llle pmtesa ls ~tlIl _ finally reeugnlzed as a eunslderanon
I d I II I) lo the aanllnenls reeelued dullng Lhe WI‘ K I II __b b
golng on. a are: ere ave een K Lre can lrnlle resuurees e esl
III _ III‘ _C _I, I pubhc eornnlenl perlarl, and PHMSA II III K I I ,
rm rneellngs o e as lpe lne mumnd M In“ In m ,0 mm“ mom lnvesle to e lance plpe lne sa ery
Advisory conlrnlllee (CPACD Tlle ’ 'd I ’ III f’_ ' PHMSA had been pronluling l-lsk-
CPACl\as15 members —5 each from °|’;“ ‘SI’ ‘_’5““ W‘ ‘“*’““ '° llased regulacluns (a goud Llungl) but
govummnnl, the gas p|pL‘llnQ lndustry, "' “" ““ "°""’ PHMSA’- euneepl of wllal ll eusls lo
and llle pubIlc— and PHMSA alnlosl one lssue of personal eoneeln lelales to uperale a plpellne ls, ln nly erperleaee,
llle PHMSA Dlmclor of covernrnenlal,
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