Agenda

Rev. 05/02/13

 

Full agenda with session abstracts

 

April 3 - Agenda

April 4 - Agenda

 

Speaker bios

 

2013 South Dakota/North Dakota/Wyoming Pipeline Safety Operator Training Agenda
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

 

Wednesday Tracks

DIMP

Public Awareness

Corrosion & Cathodic Protection

Operations & Maintenance

Control Room Management

 

7:30-8

Registration

8-9

General Session – Washington
Welcome
State Manager Reports: Nathan Solem, South Dakota PUC; Aaron Morman, North Dakota PSC; David Piroutek, Wyoming PSC

9-9:30

General Session – Regulation Update - DeWitt Burdeaux, PHMSA

9:30-10

Break

10-11

DIMP: National Results – DeWitt Burdeaux, PHMSA

Public Awareness: National Results – Harold Winnie, PHMSA

Corrosion & Cathodic Protection: Pipeline Shorts, Identification & Remediation – Tom Bussard, Farwest Corrosion Control

Public Awareness: Pipeline Association Updates – Troy Styer, South Dakota; Don Johnson & Kurt Dutchuk, North Dakota; Jon Brown, Wyoming

11-11:30

DIMP: ESRI DIMP Model – Daryl Anderson, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.

Public Awareness: Public Awareness at NorthWestern – Teresa McGrath, NorthWestern Energy

Corrosion & Cathodic Protection: Current Mapping – Richard Roen, Locators & Supply

11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.

Lunch Break – on your own

1-1:30

DIMP: Operator Experience & Practice – Melissa Baruth & Kevin Shuttlesworth, NorthWestern Energy

Public Awareness: Communicating with the Four Stakeholder Audiences – Harold Winnie, PHMSA

Corrosion & Cathodic Protection: Practice – Marty Iozzo, General Corrosion Corp.

1:30-2

DIMP: Mechanical Fittings, National Data - DeWitt Burdeaux, PHMSA

2-3
 Operations & Maintenance: Regulator Overview – DeWitt Burdeaux, PHMSA Control Room Management: Inspection Issues from the Federal Perspective – Karen Butler, PHMSA
3-3:30
Break
3:30-4
 Operations & Maintenance: Odorization – Dave Bull, ViaData Control Room Management: Control Rooms & Controllers May Not be Just What You Think – Karen Butler, PHMSA Corrosion & Cathodic Protection: Ground Bed Installation –Tom Bussard, Farwest Corrosion Control
4-4:30
 Operations & Maintenance: 192 Overview – DeWitt Burdeaux, PHMSA Control Room Management: Accidents and Control Room Influence – Karen Butler, PHMSA Corrosion & Cathodic Protection: Rectifiers – Marty Iozzo, General Corrosion Corp.
4:30-5
 Operations & Maintenance: Class Locations – Dave Bull, ViaData Control Room Management: MEC Control Management Plan – Bill Putnam, MidAmerican Energy Corrosion & Cathodic Protection: AC Mitigation – Tom Bussard, Farwest Corrosion Control
5-7
Reception hosted by Vendors

 

 

2013 South Dakota/North Dakota/Wyoming Pipeline Safety Operator Training Draft Agenda
Thursday, April 4, 2013

 

 

Thursday Tracks

TIMP

Drug & Alcohol

Operator Qualifications

Inspections

Damage Prevention

Failure Investigation & Legal Issues

 

7:30-8

Registration

8-9

  

TIMP: Direct Assessment & Guided Wave Testing – Scott Riccardella, Structural Integrity

Drug & Alcohol: Update - Stanley Kastanas, PHMSA

 

Operator Qualifications: Update – Warren Miller, PHMSA

9-9:30

TIMP: Nationwide Results - DeWitt Burdeaux, PHMSA

Drug & Alcohol: Inspection of Collection Sites – Mary Zanter, South Dakota PUC

Operator Qualifications: B31Q – Warren Miller, PHMSA

9:30-10

Break

10-10:30

TIMP: Reauthorization San Bruno and Advisory Bulletins – What Does it Mean for your MAOP? - DeWitt Burdeaux, PHMSA

Drug & Alcohol: Operator Responsibilities, Contractor Programs – Stanley Kastanas, PHMSA

Operator Qualifications:

10:30-11

TIMP: CIS Testing Importance to your TIMP Programs – Black Hills Power's Lessons Learned – Sheila Suurmeier, Frank Hauk & Steve Coleman, Black Hills Corp.

Drug & Alcohol: Plans in Place – Sheila Mennenga, Watertown Municipal Utilities

Operator Qualifications: MEC – OQ Performance Improvement Process – Anna Wing Pilcher, MidAmerican Energy

11-11:30
 TIMP: Best Practices & Examples on Implementing an MAOP Verification Program – Eric Kirkpatrick, Structural Integrity Drug & Alcohol: Plans in Place – Melinda Steckler, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. Operator Qualifications: Failure Investigations – Warren Miller, PHMSA
11:30-1
Lunch Break - on your own
1-1:30
 Inspections: Preparation, Pitfalls & Recordkeeping – DeWitt Burdeaux, PHMSA Damage Prevention: Larry Janes, South Dakota One Call; Chad Olson, North Dakota One Call; Collens Wakefield, One Call of Wyoming Failure Invest & Legal Issues: Pipeline Failure Analysis – Dana Medlin, ESI Inc. Drug & Alcohol Workshop – Stanley T. Kastanas, PHMSA, Field Trip: Propane Air Mix Plant
1:30-2
 Damage Prevention: Mandatory Damage Reporting in Wyoming – Collens Wakefield, One Call of Wyoming
2-3
 Inspections: How Operators are Selected for Inspections – David Piroutek, Wyoming PSC; Aaron Morman, North Dakota PSC; Nathan Solem, South Dakota PUC Damage Prevention: Pipeline Locating Techniques – Richard Roen, Locators & Supply Failure Invest & Legal Issues: Dissection of an NTSB Investigation – Dave Bull, ViaData
3-3:30
Break
3:30-4
 Inspections: Changes to Reporting Requirements - DeWitt Burdeaux, PHMSA Damage Prevention: Measuring Damage Prevention Efforts in Colorado – J.D. Maniscalco, Colorado 811 Failure Invest & Legal Issues: Mandates, Enforcement, Federal-State Partnership – Jim Pates, PHMSA Drug & Alcohol Workshop – Stanley T. Kastanas, PHMSA,
4-4:30
 Inspections: Operator Top 10 Issues in South Dakota – Nathan Solem, South Dakota PUC; Wyoming – David Piroutek, Wyoming PSC
4:30-5
 Damage Prevention: Update – Harold Winnie, PHMSA