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“Pu blic perception may be more important than regulatory requirements"
eeently l was prtvtleged to ptpeltnes Carrylng many dttterent ktnds lntermatton Reperttng Tool), damages
have Rugu Cox (a wondertttl tat products. Tlte PSRs only apply to to underground uttltttes today are less
man, a true leader tn damage speetlie types at ptpeltnes For example than halt what they were to years ago.
preventtort, prestdent ot ACTS water and sewer ltnes are ptpeltnes but nut tltey are sttll oeeurrtng. Eaeh and

and a dear trtend) tn the audtenee as l the PSRs do not apply to water and every one ot the destgnated stakeholder
presented a short pteee tttled "P|pL‘lln£ sewer ltnes. Leaks and ruptures behave groups eonttnues to be atteeted by
Potpounl” at the mpeltne satety & very dttterently dependtng on wltat tnetdents assoetated wttlt ptpeltnes
Awareness cntteal lndustry summtt at ts tn the hue. Natttral gas, crude orl, and, for that matter. damages to other
thts year's Common Ground Alltanee propane, gastrltne, dtesel tuel and many underground uttltttes.

(CGAD Cunvcntlon. I had talked a other gasses and llqulds am all camed

_ what does all thts have to do wttlt
tew mtnutes about vat-tous ptpeltne by ptpeltnes but behave very dlffnmnlly bl ‘ d I I
regulatory tssues, tneludtng ptthlte when released trom a ptpeltne P“ ‘C l’““‘l’,‘°“ "“ "5" “ “Y
Education Pmgmm” Rag“ and ‘ Wm reoutrements lust thts The public does
The common messu c for all — no not know the re ulatu m |1|!El‘l’|€nh
ehatttng atterwards and he menttoned 5 5 ‘Y ‘T
matter what ts tn the ltne, tl you and tt there ts property damage,

that one tat my bullet potnts resonated ‘ 1 k I I ‘ 1 I E

with M Tm bum PM M mm of reeogntre a ea or a ptpe tne rttp ure cnvlmnmcn a trnpae , or t someone
ms Nude‘ 1. DO NOT dn attythtng that waxlld gets tneonventeneed, Injured ar

cream a spark arsaurce o/t'gnt'tt'on. ktlled and a ptpeltne ts suspeeted, the

The regulattens ol eeneern were 2. Get away from it - upwind An’ ptpeltne wtll get blamed. If tlte tnetdent
the ptpeltne satety regulattons, 49 uphill far enough that ymt cmllmt wtll sell an tttne or newspapers,

CFR Parts 190 -99 <Psl<s). Ltke many hear the noise, sec or smell the the tourth estate (the press) wtll get
regulanons — and vtrtually all satety sllbstmlce escaping, tn’, t‘fr't is tnvelved The taets and the regulattons
regulattons — the Psks estalaltsh looming, a safe oltstanee [porn the beeotne trrelevant. Any eorreettons
tntntmum reqtttrements: what ts the flames. 3. Dial 911, L-xplmn your or retraettons wtll get bunnd tn tlte
tntntmum that a ptpeltne operator ltas concerns, anal fallaw tnstruetiotts. newspaper and probably never

to do to be "legal?" Tlte PSRs are not, Fmully, 4. 1/ you know who the tnenttened on the news.

tn my optnton, wrttten fur the ”gnod" ptpaltno operator is and how to Th d _l [11 I ‘ N
ptpettne operators, they are wrttter. to nnttaet them, call the plpelmc I °d‘;:"ffd*ufu V; jjffjaj £113“ dfm
gtve regulatory agenetes enouglt tools operaton P P * > V

‘D W ‘ht Ubadll PIPE,“ Dpmmn to M‘ ‘ ‘ (1 b I H V U PAP 7 and dtlhe clual of energy wtll have been
Parts of the PSRs- requtre ptpeltne (stakeholders) to ltsten I-eople tn SAFE” PAYS! 5

operators to provtde tntormatton to general (atteeted publte) have then ltves

speethe stakeholder groups (atteeted to lead unless they ltave had a problem lalttt rcllmtl/rarll PHMSA and IS rllrrnlfly
publlc, eleeted otttetals, emergeney wttlt a ptpeltne or know someone who l/tee Prt~sldt'l1Ia/Plpellllt' system Camflhr
responders, and exeavators) at has, the general publlc tust does not ante and opentttotts stwtees/or c2 [’lzrI—
tntntmum treouenetes (lrem annually care and has better thtngs to do. The ,,.,,, LLQ mm; M... ,gfpb1(Il.‘X2—'5_(nl"

to onee every three years). These same goes tor poltttetans Etnergeney

parttettlar requtrernents are what is responders are typteally somewhat

ealled tn the ptpeltne tndustry (and tn more concerned but they ltave so 2 1 4 9 1 3 B

the PSR) Puhlte Awareness Programs or many other tratntng reoutrements, 9 3 ' 1 2 6 A 7
PAPs. unless there ts eonttnutng educatltm

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tntot-tnatton about hazardous ltqutd and P P ‘ g ’ E . R

dun: to other pnotmcs. Exravatots are 3 :

3"‘ P‘P“"““°‘ “W M“ ‘W’ “’1“"“‘° hard to reaoh beeattse tt ts a htgltlv 9- 3

lhcv look me, what l~ ln them, where . V = _= flflflfl

— eompettttve held and there ts never 4 9
are they, what happens when they leak enough “me to am“ Wm you alga g r
or rupture, what should be done tt they M man , M ‘hc ‘mam mama“ 2
ruptunflllugc Wm mm, man
that there are ~Dmt1ny dlifcmnt lundsof » V PP » gnaan
20 . Tmmfln 2m We 2 Aeeordtng to CGA’s DIRT (Damage