Pipeline Safety Seminar Presentations

2018

Agenda - Agenda for the Gas Safety Conference, held on September 5-6, 2018 in State College.

• Damage Prevention - Once Call Enforcement Under Act 50 of 2017
  PA PUC
   
• ICS for Energy Emergencies
  EnergyEmergencies.Com
   
• Soil Corrosivity Mapping & Corrosion Accidents
  Matergenics
   
• Gold Shovel Standard
  Gold Shovel Standard
   
• Welding Issues 2013-2018
  PA PUC
   
• Data Summary
  PA PUC
   
• PA Act 287 for the Facility Owner
  PA One Call
   
• Protective Security Advisor Program & DHS Services
  Dept. of Homeland Security
   
• Scene Awareness & Professional Cooperation
  Allegheny County Fire Marshal's Office
   
• DC Interference Testing Case Studies
  Accurate Corrosion Control Inc.
   
• Breaking the Plane of Confined Spaces 
  EnterTraining Solutions
   
• MAOP Validaton Program 
  Audubon Field Solutions

2017

Agenda - Agenda for the Gas Safety Conference, held on September 6-7, 2017 in State College.

• UGI Relief Capacity Spreadsheet
  UGI Utilities
   
• The Collapse of Trench Safety
  RETTEW
   
• Emergency Plans
  PHMSA
   
• How PGW manges Pipeline Installtion in a Congested Underground
  PGW
   
• Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
  PECO
   
• Pennsylvania One Call System Inc.
  PA One Call
   
• Catastrophic Failure of Aging Underground Pipelines
  Exova
   
• Riser Identification Program
  Columbia Gas of PA
   
• Pipeline Safty Regulatory Update
  PHMSA

2016

Agenda - Agenda for the Gas Safety Conference, held on September 7-8, 2016 in State College.

• What is the Bureau of Investigation & Enforcement? 
  Public Utility Commission
   
• Carbon Dioxide: The Other Silent Killer
  Heath Consultants Inc.
   
• PA Cross Bores: Leaving a Legacy of Safety
  UGI & Columbia Gas
   
• 2016 Compliance Review
  PUC Gas Safety
   
• PHMSA NPRM Review
  PHMSA
   
• DIMP Review
  PECO
   
• PA One Call 
  Pennsylvania One Call System Inc.
   
• Catastrophic Failure of Aging Underground Pipelines
  Exova
   
• Emergency Response for Energy Emergencies
  Mike Callan
   
• Integrity Management Update
  PHMSA

2015

Agenda - Agenda for the Gas Safety Conference, held on September 9-10, 2015 in State College.

• Emergency Gas & Electric Shut-Offs
  D. Searfoorce, PUC
   
• Gathering Lines & API RP 80
  M. Chilek, PUC 
   
• Act 127
  C. DeMarco, PUC
   
• Distribution Integrity Management
  PUC
   
• Basics of the Residential Termination Process
  D. Kline, PUC
   
• Leak Migration & Classification
  G. Lomax, Heath Consultants
   
• MAOP Verification Process
  M. Friend, DOT
   
• MAOP Determination
  R. Horensky & T. Cooper Smith, PUC
   
• Compliance Review
  C. Whiteash, PUC

Vendor Presentations

• OmniMetrix
• Russell Corrosion Consultants
• System One

Presenter Biographies

• Daniel Searfoorce
• Fred Baldassare
• Kevin Goldblum
• Michael Callan
• Jessica Macker and Jose Figueroa
• Leanne Meyer
• George Lomax
• Donald A. Brucker

2014

• Gas Safety Seminar Overview 
  Presented by the PUC on October 7, 2014
   
• Company Overview
  Presented by the System One
   
• Understanding Graphitization Risk
  Presented by WATTA Inc.
   
• O&M and Emergency Plans
  Presented by the US Department of Transportation/PHMSA Inspector Training & Qualifications
   
• API 15S Spoolable Composite Pipeline Systems
  Presented by the FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies on October 7, 2014
   
• Operator Qualification (OQ) Solution 
  Presented by the EnergyWorldNet
   
• The Power of the "Q"
  Presented by the Quanta Services
   
• Electronic Marking Benefits
  Presented by the 3M Dynatel
   
• Compliance Review
  Presented by the PUC on October 7, 2014
   
• Engineering & Design
  Presented by the Pennoni Associates Inc.