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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

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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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INDIANA’S AGING AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS

PIPELINE SAFETY INFRASTRUCTUREMEDIA CONFERENCE CALL PRESENTED BY:

THE HOOSIER ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL AND

THE PIPELINE SAFETY TRUST

Page 2: Introduction

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

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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

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Rebecca Craven, Program DirectorJune 27, 2013

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Gasoline pipeline explosion - Bellingham, Washington

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• Only national non-profit focused on pipeline safety.

• Information and Advocacy• Independent technical papers• Represents public interest in various

forums• National Conference, website, newsletter

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• 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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Finding Information about Pipelines Near You

https://npms.phmsa.dot.gov

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PHMSA state pages

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Incident information by operator

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Causes of Liquid Pipeline Failures

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State Regulators

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Indiana Pipelines

47 interstate hazardous liquid pipelines

13 intrastate hazardous liquid pipelines

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Enbridge Energy – Line 6B

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The Marshall Spill

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Impacts of Pipeline Construction

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Impacts of Pipeline Construction

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Impacts of Pipeline Construction

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Impacts of Pipeline Construction

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Impacts of Pipeline Construction

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Impacts of Pipeline Construction

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Impacts of Pipeline Construction

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Risks to Waterways

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There is a less damaging alternative

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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.

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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.