The Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC) will hold a briefing on Thursday, August 24, 2000, at 11:30 a.m. EST and a regular meeting on Monday, September 11, 2000, at 11:30 a.m, to consider two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), "Areas Unusually Sensitive to Environmental Damage" (64 FR 73464) and "Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas for Hazardous Liquid Pipelines" (65 FR 21695). Both the briefing and the meeting will be conducted via conference call. Members of the public may attend the meetings at the Department of Transportation, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. The August 24 meeting is in room 8442 and the September 11 meeting is in room 6200. An opportunity will be provided for the public to make short statements on the topics under discussion. Anyone wishing to make an oral statement should notify Juan Carlos Martinez, (202) 366-1933, not later than August 16, 2000, on the topic of the statement and the time requested for presentation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Whetsel, OPS, (202) 366-4431 or Richard Huriaux, OPS, (202) 366-4565, regarding the subject matter of this notice. However, because the THLPSSC requested a delay in its formal review of two proposed rules at the May 2000 meeting and OPS intends to complete action on both rulemakings this year, a meeting is being held in September. The biannual meeting generally held in November for both the THLPSSC and the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee will be postponed until February 2001.

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