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Enhancing Pipeline Safety through Land Use Planning: Insights from UTC

This presentation by Alan Rathbun, Pipeline Safety Director at the UTC, focuses on the critical intersection of land use and pipeline safety. Emphasizing the need for constant vigilance, it covers topics such as inspections, enforcement, incident investigation, and public awareness. The presentation explores how land use decisions can impact both the likelihood and consequences of pipeline ruptures. Attendees will learn practical strategies for integrating pipeline considerations into local zoning and planning processes, ensuring stakeholder involvement and maintaining safety standards.

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Enhancing Pipeline Safety through Land Use Planning: Insights from UTC

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  1. Land Use & Pipelines Alan Rathbun UTC Pipeline Safety Director *CTED Planners Group Presentation– NW Washington 360-664-1254 arathbun@wutc.wa.gov www.wutc.wa.gov/pipeline

  2. Pipeline Safety Program • Inspections • Enforcement/follow up • Incident investigation • Technical assistance • Mapping support • Citizen’s committee • Public awareness

  3. Constant vigilance • Focus on operations & maintenance. • Regular schedule of inspections. • Safety relies on maintaining operational oversight.

  4. Land use decisions A decision made today can increase or decrease the likelihood and consequences of a pipeline rupture now and into the future.

  5. Who should be concerned

  6. Two considerations • Land use activities which can decrease or increase the possibility of a pipeline incident. • Land use activities which can decrease or increase the consequence of a pipeline incident.

  7. Threats to the Pipeline In short, about everything but agriculture. And even then, the farmer needs to be careful with the plow. Subdivisions Commercial developments Roads and utilities Industrial activities

  8. Raising the stakes • High density development • Nursing homes • Schools • Hospitals • Fire Stations

  9. Report process • City/County associations, MRSC, Pipeline Safety Trust, federal Office of Pipeline Safety, pipeline companies. • Review of other states and Canada. • Participants in 2004 and 2005 workshops. • Ad hoc committee of local officials, industry and agency.

  10. What is practical • Show pipelines on all zoning, building & public works maps. • Engage pipeline operators in land use planning decisions. • Require subdivision plans be reviewed by affected pipeline operators. • Include pipelines in your SEPA checklist. • Help pipelines identify ROW encroachment. • Require proof of utility locate request before issuing permits.

  11. What about setbacks? • No data available for guiding setbacks. • No federal or state regulations set ROW width. • Pipeline installed with existing structures in mind. What happens afterwards is up to local government. • Setbacks are not a safety buffer unless impractically large. • Not a substitute for communication between operator and developer

  12. Consultation Zone

  13. Consultation process needs • Awareness of pipelines. • Stakeholders taking responsibility for their part in the process. • Local government authority to ensure consultation happens.

  14. What is in report • Short (eight-pages) description of findings. • Pipeline operator info (Appendix A) • ROW & Land use table (Appendix B) • Strategies/model ordinances (Appendix C) • Other pipeline resources (Appendix D) • Glossary of terms (Appendix E)

  15. How to get more info • Get a copy today from us • Available, along with future updates, on web (www.wutc.wa.gov/pipeline). • Join our e-mail list for timely pipeline news reports. (2 to 4 times monthly) • Arrange for a presentation before your legislative body.

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