Washington Local Government Pipeline Information

Contents

• General Information
• Washington City and County Pipeline Safety Consortium
• Information by Washington Jurisdictions
• Other States

General Information

• Counties, Cities and Towns with Interstate Pipelines within City or within One Mile of City Limits 
• Land Use Planning in Proximity to Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid Transmission Pipelines ( 627 KB)
• Setbacks and Zoning for Transmission Pipelines ( 190 KB), by Jim Doherty, Legal Consultant for Municipal Research & Services Center, Seattle, August, 2004.
• Pipeline Map Demonstration Project  - Utilities and Transportation Commission - Designed to help citizens be more aware of pipelines in their community.  The maps provide the most basic information necessary for citizens to  determine where their families live, work or go to school in relation to hazardous liquid pipelines and major gas pipelines.  The maps are presented  on a plain background with only streets and water bodies illustrated and as simple line at a scale of 1:24000. Each  page displays a clear warning regarding the need to “call before you dig."

Information by Washington Jurisdictions

• Bellevue
  • Bellevue Pipeline Safety
  • Olympic Pipe Line Franchise Agreement, Ordinance 5603 ( 1.27 MB), May 2005
• Bellingham
  • Bellingham Ordinance No. 2001-08-057 ( 112 KB) Short term Franchise with Olympic Pipeline, August 2001
  • Bellingham Ordinance No. 2001-09-071 ( 90 KB) Short term Franchise with Olympic Pipeline, September 2001
  • Council Signs Pipeline Franchise Agreement ( 170 KB), From Your City Newsletter, November/December 2001
  • Bellingham Ordinance No. 2001-11-081 ( 112 KB) Franchise with Olympic Pipeline, November 2001
• Bellingham Pipeline Incident
  • Pipeline Accident Report: Pipeline Rupture and Release of Gasoline, Olympic Pipeline Company, Bellingham, Washington, June 10, 1999 (1.14 MB) - NTSB Report Number PAR-02-02, NTIS Report Number PB2002-916502. Adopted on 10/8/02
    • Summary
  • Bellingham, Washington Pipeline Rupture Update -  Office of Pipeline Safety
  • Olympic Pipeline Incident - City of Bellingham
  • Whatcom Creek Incident Archives -  Whatcom County Emergency Services
  • Olympic Pipeline Explosion: A Retrospective, The Planet, Spring/Summer 2000, Huxley College, Western Washington University
• Federal Way Ordinance No. 05-483 ( 1.2 MB) - Grants Olympic Pipe Line Co. authority and franchise to construct, operate, maintain, remove, replace, and repair existing pipeline facilities within and through rights of way and streets, passed 4-05
• Newcastle Ordinance No. 2008-0388 ( 179 KB)- Olympic Pipeline Franchise, passed 06-08
• North Bend Resolution No. 769 - Supports the re-authorization of the Office of Pipeline Safety and establishment of a local government, citizen and tribal petroleum transportation oversight council.
• Redmond
  • Redmond Technical Committee Report ( 341 KB) - Recommends amendment of the Redmond Comprehensive Plan and Redmond Community Development Guide to add policies and regulations for hazardous liquid pipelines, May 22,2002
  • Redmond Ordinance No. 2136 ( 153 KB) - Amends the Utilities Chapter of the Redmond Comprehensive Plan to add text, policies and other provisions relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, passed 10-02
  • Redmond Ordinance No. 2137 ( 167 KB) - Provides new regulations related to hazardous liquid pipelines and amends Ch. 20D, Citywide Regulations of the Redmond Municipal Code and the Redmond Community Development Guide, passed 10-02
• Seattle Pipeline Safety
• SeaTac Ordinance No. 06-1002 - Granting franchise to Olympic Pipeline Company, 1-06
• Sedro-Woolley Ordinance No. 1466-04 ( 22 KB) - Establishes a mandatory minimum setback for buildings and structures from hazardous pipelines, passed 03-04
• Whatcom County
  • Whatcom County Ordinance No. 2000-026 ( 1.57 MB) imposing a moratorium on the acceptance of Conditional Use Permit applications for regional transmission pipelines of petroleum, petroleum products, and natural gas, May 2000.
  • Continued by Whatcom County Ordinances No. 2000-030 ( 2.21 MB), No. 2000-050 ( 2092 KB), No. 2001-017 ( 2411 KB), No 2001-050 ( 2014 KB)
  • Whatcom County Ordinance No. 2000-027 ( 1979 KB) establishes Whatcom County Code 2.125, forming the Whatcom County Utilities Planning and Advisory Committee, June 2000.
  • Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Background Report ( 533 KB). This 50 page report, issued by the Whatcom County Planning and Development Services Department, provides an overview of the regulatory issues involved with pipeline franchising and operation. It is a good starting point for planners and local government officials wanting to orient themselves on basic pipeline issues. October 2001.

Other States

• Austin Texas Hazardous Pipeline Ordinance - Ordinance No. 030410-12, passed 4-03