Pipeline Safety Trust Conference S. A. V. E. Consultant

Pipeline Safety Trust Conference

• S.A.V.E. Consultant:

• Lynda K. Farrell

• Blue Heron Consulting & Honeysuckle Hill Farms

• Agricultural & Environmental Consulting

• Chester County, PA

• Phone: [phone]

• Email: [e-mail]

• Fills a unique niche in Chester County conservation:

• Sprawl induced:
• highway expansion
• loss of open space & historic resources
• degradation of environmental quality & community character
• safety issues
• Improve highway safety with sustainable practices

• Concern about: Natural Environment + Farm Land Protection + Safety

• in infrastructure expansion = Natural Involvement of

• Safety Agriculture, Villages & Environment in pipeline issues

• So, the combination of concern about the natural environment and farm land protection, as well as safety, as it relates to the expansion of infrastructure led to the natural involvement of S.A.V.E. in pipeline issues.

• 2009-2010 TAG

• “EDUCATION & OUTREACH ON PIPELINE SAFETY INVOLVING THE EXISTING COLUMBIA & PROPOSED

• CO-LINEAR AES SPARROWS POINT MID-ATLANTIC LNG PROJECT PIPELINES”

• Focus: Two Chester County projects

• TAG work + development of the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale Play

• illustrated the holistic nature of gas resources development

• Marcellus Shale Drilling + Extraction = Transportation needs

• Gathering, Transmission & Distribution Lines

The Chester County /Marcellus Shale Connection

• Pennsylvania Stats

• Second only to Texas in new gas wells

• Marcellus Shale

• No Severance Tax

• Chester County Infrastructure can transport gas from:

• Northern Pennsylvania
• Ohio
• West Virginia

• to:

• East Coast Corridor

2007 to

• 2010-2011 TAG

• “DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A DEDICATED CHESTER COUNTY COALITION

• TO GENERATE INFORMED COMMUNITIES WHO WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SAFETY AND

• RELIABILITY OF PIPELINE OPERATIONS”

Citizens Coalition for Environmental & Property Protection in Pipeline Operations (2CE3PO)

• 2CE3PO:
• Formed in 2009
• Disenfranchised community
• Conflict over safety issues
• Williams Transco Sentinel Project
• Broad use of Eminent Domain
• Legal filings
• Three year project
• Landowners & Williams agreed ~
• Sprawl + Pipeline Expansion = Need:
• Coordination:
• Existing Infrastructure
• Community Development
• Pipeline Development
• To enhance safety
• of pipeline operations

• :

• 2CE3PO Provided Pro bono:
• Research
• Community education
• Networking
• Meetings open to all stakeholders
• Aide to all communities in
• all pipeline projects
• Factual information to
• government officials
• Collaborated with S.A.V.E.
• and other organizations
• in pipeline education

“DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A DEDICATED CHESTER COUNTY COALITION TO GENERATE INFORMED COMMUNITIES WHO WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF PIPELINE OPERATIONS”

• S.A.V.E. Recipe for Success:
• S.A.V.E.

• expertise in infrastructure development

• leadership

• guidance

• oversight

• knowledge gained throughTAG

• +

“DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A DEDICATED CHESTER COUNTY COALITION TO GENERATE INFORMED COMMUNITIES WHO WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF PIPELINE OPERATIONS”

• Development a coalition of stakeholders from the Mid-Atlantic

• Liaison with pipeline operators, community, land use planning agencies and elected officials

• Strengthen the depth and quality of community awareness and participation

• Work with County Commissioners to write and

• conduct state wide Commissioner Education Courses

• Turn to the mentoring & experience of organizations

• such as S.A.V.E., 2CE3PO &........ Pipeline Safety Trust

• Produce education & outreach based on factual,

• unbiased and verifiable data.

S.A.V.E. TAG Achievements... So Far...

• Foundations Developed with:

• Pipeline operators, County Commissioners & Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to provide API RP 1162 Pipeline Safety Awareness meetings to Pennsylvania farmers

• County Commissioners to re-define and re-establish a Chester County Pipeline Task Force mirrored after Washington State Citizens Committee on Pipeline Safety (CCOP)

• County Commissioners to:

• 1) engage/educate all Pennsylvania County Commissioners

• 2) author state wide Commissioner Education Course

• Pipeline Safety Trust utilize mentoring/experience

Thank You, S.A.V.E. www.save41.org

• Lynda K. Farrell

• Blue Heron Consulting & Honeysuckle Hill Farms

• Agricultural & Environmental Consulting

• Chester County, PA

• Phone: [phone]

• Email: [e-mail]