PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
Reconsideration of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure for Class 
Locations 
Public Meeting Agenda 
Tuesday, March 21, 2005 
8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. 
Agenda as of March 20, 2006. Please note that this agenda is subject to last-minute changes. 
Webcast Links 
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7:00 – 8:00 REGISTRATION 
8:00 – 8:05 MEETING PRELIMINARIES 
8:05 – 8:15 OPENING REMARKS 
Theodore Willke, PhD - Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline 
Safety 
8:15 – 8:30 AGENDA OVERVIEW 
Joy O. Kadnar, MS, MA - PE, PHMSA Director of Engineering 
Services, Security, & Emergency Response 
8:30 – 9:15 ECONOMICS OF AN INCREASE IN MAOP 
Moderator: Joy O. Kadnar 
Panel Members: Howard Murphy - Energy Experts International, 
Inc. 
Reconsideration of MAOP: Costs and Benefits – A 
Macroeconomic View 
Robert Cupina - Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Office of Energy Projects, Deputy 
Director, FERC Perspective on Increased MAOP 
Terry Boss - Senior Vice President, Interstate 
Natural Gas Association of America 

Road Map to Greater Capacity Moving from 
Today’s Designs to Higher Pressures 
9:15 – 10:15 GAS PIPELINES OPERATING AT 80% SMYS: IS THIS REALLY 
SOMETHING NEW? 
Moderator: Ivan Huntoon - PHMSA, Director, Central 
Region 
Panel Members: Andy Drake, PE - General Manager, Technical 
Services, Duke Energy Transmission, & Chairman 
of ASME Gas Piping Standard Committee - 
B31.8S, 
Evolution of Life Cycle Management - Natural Gas 
Transmission Code 
Robert Eiber - Consultant 
Higher Design Factor Review and Considerations 
Stuart Wilson - ConocoPhillips 
A Basis for Developing the Criteria Necessary for 
Increasing the Design Factor 
10:15 – 10:30 BREAK 
10:30 – NOON THREAT OVERVIEW AND MANAGEMENT AT 80% SMYS 
Moderator: Alan K. Mayberry, PE - PHMSA, Senior 
Engineer 
Panel Members: 
Michael Rosenfeld, PE - Kiefner & Associates, 
Inc. 
Materials and Construction 
Mark Hereth - Process Performance Improvement 
Consultants, LLC 
Overview and Threats 
John Kiefner, PhD, PE - Kiefner & Associates, 
Inc. 
Third Party Damage 
Alan Eastman - Mears, Group, Inc. 
Time Dependent Threats 
NOON – 1:15 LUNCH [on your own] 

1:00 – 2:45 CANADIAN AND UNITED KINGDOM EXPERIENCE w/GAS 
PIPELINES OPERATING AT ELEVATED PRESSURES 
Moderator: Alan K. Mayberry, PE - PHMSA, Senior Engineer 
Panel Members: Brian Rothwell - Trans Canada Pipeline 
Operating History of Canadian Gas Transmission 
Pipelines Above 72% SMYS 
Jim Mihell, P. Eng. - Director or Engineering, 
Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc., Canada 
Pressure Upgrades: Use of Quantitative Risk 
Assessments Employing Reliability Methods 
Dr. Norman Sanderson – Advisor, Pipeline 
Design, BP Exploration, UK, & Phil Hopkins - 
Penspen, UK 
Permitting Onshore Pipelines Operating Above 
72% SMYS: Developments in the United Kingdom 
Dr. Andrew Francis - Andrew Francis & 
Associates 
Safety Justification for Operation of Onshore Gas 
Pipelines at Design Factors of up to 80% SMYS 
Mark Docherty - Advantica, Inc. 
Experience with the Pressure Uprating of Gas 
Transmission Pipelines in the United Kingdom 
2:45 – 3:00 BREAK 
3:00 – 3:45 PERSPECTIVES FROM STATE PIPELINE SAFETY PROGRAMS 
ON PRESERVING SAFETY 
Moderator: William Gute, PHMSA - Director, Eastern Region 
Panel Members: Donald J. Stursma, PE - Manager, Safety & 
Engineering Section, Iowa Utilities Board 
Gary Farmer - Program Manager, Gas Safety 
Maine Public Utilities Commission 
Mike McGrath, PE - Chief Engineer 
Minnesota Department of Public Safety 
3:45 – 4:15 SUMMARY COMMENTS AND CLOSING REMARKS