Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Integrity Management Communication Team:
(AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT – Communication Team Meeting)
The Integrity Management Communication Team met to discuss the content and delivery of pipeline information to be conveyed to local officials and members of the public in or near high consequence areas. The meeting was held on September 12, 2000, at the Department of Transportation, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 6200 Washington, DC 20590.
The topics discussed at this meeting included discussions of the following: Information that is needed by various groups: landowners/tenants along pipeline rights-of-way; local and regional emergency response officials; excavators and the general public; review of existing materials used by pipeline operators for public education; results from a public awareness survey conducted by the American Petroleum Institute and focus groups sponsored by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America; Office of Pipeline Safety website materials; information currently available under the Freedom of Information Act; and pending pipeline legislative proposals for community right-to-know.
The full announcement is available in pdf format: (65-54338)
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