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Helping to Guide Growth
The Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance has issued recommended practices for pipeline safety and land use planning.
Secretary Ray LaHood noted: “Development of residences, businesses and green space has increased all over the country, and these areas frequently contain transmission pipelines. Safety for our communities is our number-one priority, and having these new [PIPA] guidelines in place will help communities and pipelines safely coexist.”
Plan Participants
The PIPA report and recommended practices were developed by a structured group of representatives from local governments, public stakeholders, transmission pipeline operators and pipeline safety regulators. The result is the first set of national safety recommendations for developing areas near existing pipelines. The participating PIPA stakeholders include: the Pipeline Safety Trust, Common Ground Alliance, National Association of Home Builders, National League of Cities (NLC), National Association of Counties, National Association of County Planners, American Land Title Association, National Association of Realtors, American Public Works Association and others. They join longtime pipeline safety organizations: PHMSA, National Association of State Fire Marshals, National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Also central to the PIPA initiative are pipeline operators, represented by: American Gas Association, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, Association of Oil Pipelines, American Petroleum Institute, American Public Gas Association and Gas Producers Association.
Julie HalliDay is senior program manager for the u.s. Department of transportation’s Office of Pipeline safety.
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s communities grow, so too do the issues surrounding the encroachment of land development on existing transmission pipelines. Therefore, in December 2010, the U. S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released the Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance (PIPA) report, “Partnering to Further Enhance Pipeline Safety in Communities Through RiskInformed Land Use Planning.” The PIPA report provides recommended practices for key stakeholders, including pipeline operators, relative to proposed changes in land use and new development adjacent to existing transmission pipelines. The recommended practices address issues that often arise as urbanization and population growth crowd existing transmission pipeline corridors. PIPA’s goal is to reduce risks and improve the safety of affected communities and transmission pipelines. Upon the report’s release, U.S. Transportation
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American Gas - November 2011
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