Washington Local Government Pipeline Information

Contents

• General Information
• Information by Washington Jurisdictions
• Related MRSC Pages
  • Planning Near Pipelines: Sample Land Use Ordinances

General Information

• Counties, Cities and Towns with Interstate Pipelines within City or within One Mile of City Limits - Association of Washington Cities, 2002
• Land Use Planning in Proximity to Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid Transmission Pipelines in Washington State: Report (), 06/2006 - This report is the result of a collaborative effort between state and local governments and the pipeline industry. The information was shared and discussed in stakeholders groups across the state. The consultation process was the subject of a series of five workshops with local governments in 2005.
• Setbacks and Zoning for Transmission Pipelines (), by Jim Doherty, Legal Consultant for Municipal Research and Services Center, 08/2004.
• Pipeline Maps, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission - The UTC maintains maps which show the routes of hazardous liquid pipelines and high-pressure natural gas pipelines (>250 per square inch gauge) to meet the needs of first responders and local governments. The UTC offers free map atlases by county to interested fire department, emergency management agencies and local governments, by means of a Public Records Request

Information by Washington Jurisdictions

• Bellevue
  • Bellevue Pipeline Safety
  • Olympic Pipe Line Franchise Agreement, Ordinance 5603 (), 05/2005
• Bellingham
  • Bellingham Ordinance No. 2001-08-057 () Short Term Franchise with Olympic Pipeline, 08/2001
  • Bellingham Ordinance No. 2001-09-071 () Short Term Franchise with Olympic Pipeline, 09/2001
  • Council Signs Pipeline Franchise Agreement (), From Your City Newsletter, November/December 2001
  • Bellingham Ordinance No. 2001-11-081 () Franchise with Olympic Pipeline, 11/2001
• Bellingham Pipeline Incident
  • Remembering Bellingham: Pipeline Accident Plays Huge Role in Restructuring DOT’s Pipeline Safety Program (), PHMSA Focus, Volume 3, Number 3, Summer 2009
  • Bellingham Resolution 2009-15 () - Recognizing the 10-year Anniversary of the Olympic Pipeline Explosion and Supports designation of June 10 as National Pipeline Safety Day
  • Olympic Pipeline Incident - City of Bellingham
  • Whatcom Creek Incident Archives - Whatcom County Emergency Services
• Federal Way Ordinance No. 05-483 - 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 04/2005
• Kirkland Ordinance No. 4298 ()- Olympic Pipeline Franchise, passed 05/2011
• La Center
  • Hazardous Pipeline () - Public information - provides context for proposed regulation
  • La Center Draft Sensitive Utility Corridor Overlay District () - Contains Planning Commission Report 9/25/2009, Draft of Municipal Code Ch. 18.157 - Sensitive Utility Corridor Overlay District, Map of Sensitive Utility Corridor
• Newcastle Ordinance No. 2008-0388 () - Olympic Pipeline Franchise, passed 06/2008
• 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 Zoning Code Ch. 21.26 - Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
  • Redmond Technical Committee Report () - Recommends amendment of the Redmond Comprehensive Plan and Redmond Community Development Guide to add policies and regulations for hazardous liquid pipelines, 05/22/2002
  • Redmond Ordinance No. 2136 () - Amends the Utilities Chapter of the Redmond Comprehensive Plan to add text, policies and other provisions relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, passed 10/2002
  • Redmond Ordinance No. 2137 () - 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 10/2002
• SeaTac Ordinance No. 06-1002 () - Granting franchise to Olympic Pipeline Company, 01/2006
• Sedro-Woolley Ordinance No. 1466-04 () - Establishes a mandatory minimum setback for buildings and structures from hazardous pipelines, passed 03/2004 (Repealed by Ordinance No. 1467)
• Whatcom County
  • Whatcom County Ordinance No. 2000-026 () imposing a moratorium on the acceptance of Conditional Use Permit applications for regional transmission pipelines of petroleum, petroleum products, and natural gas, 05/2000.
  • Continued by Whatcom County Ordinances No. 2000-030 (), No. 2000-050 (), No. 2001-017 (), No. 2001-050 ()
  • Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Background Report (). 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. 10/2001.