Pipeline Safety Publications and Other References

Contents

• Publications and Reference Links
• Associations and Research Organizations
• Interest Groups
• Related MRSC Pages
  • Planning Near Pipelines Reference Sources

Publications and Reference Links

• Washington State Pipeline Safety - Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
• General Reports
  • Common Ground: Study of One-Call Systems & Damage Prevention Best Practices  - Common Ground Alliance
  • Land Use Planning in Proximity to Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid Transmission Pipelines () Sponsored by Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC); Association of Washington Cities (AWC); Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC); Pipeline Safety Trust; Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC), June 2006 [Note: To navigate the document and easily access the sections and appendices, use the "Bookmarks" tab near the upper left corner of the document.]
  • GAO Report on Pipeline Safety (): The Office of Pipeline Safety Is Changing How It Oversees the Pipeline Industry, GAO/RCED-00-128, May 15, 2000
  • Pipeline Safety and Security: Improved Workforce Planning and Communication Needed (). Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Government Accounting Office, August 2002. GAO-02-785
• Technical Reports and Publications
  • Overview of Integrity Assessment Methods for Pipelines (), by Bob Eiber, Prepared for Washington Cities and Counties Pipeline Safety Consortium November 2003
  • Report on Overview Assessment of the 16 Inch Diameter Olympic Pipeline Integrity to the City-County Pipeline Safety Consortium of Washington (), prepared by Robert J. Eiber, Consultant Inc., November 2001
    • Letter from David Kerr (), City-County Pipeline Safety Consortium, forwarding the 16 Inch Pipeline Integrity Assessment by Eiber to the State of Washington Citizens Advisory Committee On Pipeline Safety, dated November 28, 2001
    • Letter from Douglas Kilpatrick, P.E. (), Pipeline Safety Director, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, Commenting on Eiber Report, to Chris Hoidal, Director, Western Region Office of Pipeline Safety, dated November 29, 2001,
  • Comments on Docket No. RSPA-00-7666; Notice 2, Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas (Gas Transmission Pipelines) (), Letter to U.S. Department of Transportation, from Richard B. Kuprewicz, President, Accufacts Inc., dated November 6, 2001. Richard Kuprewicz is a pipeline engineer who has worked with the City of Bellingham and with the Pipeline Safety Consortium on pipeline issues.
  • Comments on Docket No. RSPA-00-7666: Notice 4, Gas Transmission Pipeline Integrity Management In High Consequence Areas (), Letter to U.S. Department of Transportation, from Katherine M. Hansen, Pipeline Safety Coordinator, Washington Cities and Counties Pipeline Safety Consortium, dated April 28, 2003.
  • Pipelines - National Security and the Public's Right-to-Know (), prepared by Richard B. Kuprewicz President, Accufacts Inc. for the Washington City and County Pipeline Safety Consortium, May 14, 2003. This paper presents a brief discussion of pipeline information that should be in the public domain to reassure citizens that these systems are designed, maintained and operated prudently.
  • Preventing Pipeline Releases (), prepared by Richard B. Kuprewicz President, Accufacts Inc. for the Washington City and County Pipeline Safety Consortium, July 22, 2003. This white paper report presents a brief synopsis of the series of major breakdowns or events that became linked resulting in the liquid pipeline rupture in Bellingham, Washington, liquid pipeline leak in Chalk Point Maryland, and the natural gas transmission pipeline rupture near Carlsbad, NM, presented in the various NTSB reports for these events
  • Public Hearing: Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire, San Bruno, CA, September 9, 2010 - NTSB
• Other Pipeline Safety Reference Sources
  • OPS Pipeline Library
  • Pipeline Basics - OPS Office of Stateholder Communications
  • Pipeline Construction - OPS Office of Stateholder Communications
  • Interstate National Gas Association of America
    • Pipelines 101 
    • Safety
  • An Interstate Natural Gas Facility on My Land? What Do I Need to Know? - FERC Citizens Guide PDF Pamphlet Version ()

Associations and Research Organizations

• Office of Pipeline Safety Links
• Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
• Battelle Pipeline Safety & Integrity

Interest Groups

• Pipeline Safety Trust
• SqWALK! - A Canadian environmental group dealing with climate change, energy and pipelines