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INDIANA’S AGING AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
PIPELINE SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE
MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL PRESENTED BY:THE HOOSIER ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
AND THE PIPELINE SAFETY TRUST
Introduction• Marianne Holland, Media Consultant, Hoosier
Environmental Council
• Tim Maloney, Senior Policy Director, Hoosier Environmental Council
• Rebecca Craven, Program Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
• Kim Ferraro, Staff Attorney & Director of Water Policy, Hoosier Environmental Council
Overview & Logistics
• U.S. pipeline systems, current safeguards & regulatory gaps
• Indiana Implications: a look at Enbridge Energy Line 6B
• Recommendations for improved pipeline safety
• Q & A
Rebecca Craven, Program DirectorJune 27, 2013
Gasoline pipeline explosion - Bellingham, Washington
• Only national non-profit focused on pipeline safety.
• Information and Advocacy
• Independent technical papers
• Represents public interest in various forums
• National Conference, website, newsletter
• 175,000 miles of hazardous liquid lines• 321,000 miles of gas transmission lines• 2 million miles of gas distribution lines
End to end, that’s almost 100 times around the earth.
Miles of Pipelines in the U.S.
Pipeline Safety Regulations• Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration
(PHMSA) is an agency within the USDOT.• Minimum safety requirements for transmission
and distribution lines, found in 49 CFR Parts 192 (gas), 195 (liquid), 193 (LNG) and 194 (spill response).
• States can enact more stringent safety regulations only for intrastate pipelines.
Pipeline Safety Regulations
• Indiana (Pipeline Safety Division of Utility Regulation Commission)– inspects and enforces rules on intrastate
gas lines; – inspects on intrastate liquid lines; – PHMSA does all interstate lines and
enforcement on intrastate liquid lines.
Other aspects of Pipeline Regulation
• Siting and Routing:– Interstate natural gas lines: exclusively FERC– All others: States or local governments (Indiana
does not have a siting authority)• Environmental permits:
– Federal, state and local agencies-• Right of Way acquisition: eminent domain
– FERC-regulated lines have ED authority once certificate issues
– All others vary by state
Other aspects of Pipeline Regulation
• Spill response planning: Oil Pollution Act of 1990, part of Clean Water Act– PHMSA approves pipeline operators’ facility
response plans; other facilities regulated by EPA or Coast Guard
– States may also require spill response plans, and those requirements are explicitly not preempted by the federal rules.
– Indiana has not enacted spill response rules.
Finding Information about Pipelines Near You
https://npms.phmsa.dot.gov
PHMSA state pages
Incident information by operator
Causes of Liquid Pipeline Failures
State Regulators
Indiana Pipelines
47 interstate hazardous liquid pipelines
13 intrastate hazardous liquid pipelines
Enbridge Energy – Line 6B
The Marshall Spill
Impacts of Pipeline Construction
Impacts of Pipeline Construction
Impacts of Pipeline Construction
Impacts of Pipeline Construction
Impacts of Pipeline Construction
Impacts of Pipeline Construction
Impacts of Pipeline Construction
Risks to Waterways
There is a less damaging alternative
Missed Opportunity for Local Control
LaPorte County Zoning Ordinance: Article 22 – Natural Resource
Protection
Absolutely no development activity may occur within 75 feet of the ordinary high water mark of streams, lakes and ponds or within 50 feet from the edge of wetlands.
Recommendations
• Indiana should adopt a law requiring a full public interest review, including an EIS, analysis of alternatives
• Indiana should adopt a law directing the IURC to pursue an agreement with PHMSA to undertake inspections of interstate pipelines.
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