PIPA IMPLEMENTATION
Establishment of pipeline safety committees, workshops on land use near pipelines, research on development barriers, and current ordinance implementation in Washington State.
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PIPA IMPLEMENTATION What s Been Happening in Washington State?
Pre-PIPA Groundwork in Washington 2000: Establishment of Governor-Appointed Citizens Committee on Pipeline Safety 2004-06: Series of workshops across state with local government officials, planners, industry to explore tools for improving land use decisions near pipelines 2006: Report published: Land Use Planning in Proximity to Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid Transmission Pipelines in Washington State
Pre-PIPA Groundwork, continued MRSC established web page on planning near pipelines, provides sample ordinances, reports, background information WUTC provides GIS map layers to local governments 2009: Trust , using TAG GRANT, undertakes research to identify barriers to development of local ordinances, creates implementation plan
Results of Research in Washington Using surveys, focus groups and interviews, we identified: what information planners needed: background, examples of working ordinances who should deliver it: MRSC, WUTC, AWC, where they usually obtain their information: MRSC, AWC, APA, AICP what other barriers they saw to development and adoption of a consultation zone ordinance, money, political concerns, what incentives would be helpful: grants, sample ordinances, free technical assistance
Current Efforts in Washington 2010 TAG grant awarded to the Association of Washington Cities to use research results and implementation plan from previous work In partnership with Trust, MRSC, and WUTC: webinar produced available on MRSC and Trust website Appearances at NACo, planning gatherings Presentations to cities, counties upon request Mini-grants of $3000 awarded to cities and counties willing to commit to drafting a pipeline safety ordinance
Current Efforts Five cities (Sultan, Roy, Gold Bar, Kirkland and Bellingham) currently in various stages of ordinance development. Skagit County received its own 2010 TAG grant: proposal, pushback, salvage effort Three other Counties (Whatcom, King, Benton) and two cities (Redmond and La Center) have already passed ordinances giving others models to build off of
Lessons learned Background work essential: find out what barriers are, who trusted messengers are, how to approach planning staffs, identify local champions Identify operator contacts for local governments help from WUTC Personal contact, availability of presenters Free ongoing technical assistance Money
Future Challenges In Washington, where memories of the Bellingham incident still linger, identified barriers were overcome, messengers were identified, presentations made, staff time compensated, technical support supplied, and 5 cities accepted mini-grants to develop a PIPA ordinance. 2 others responded, but chose not to follow through. Is this a model that can be scaled up to a nation-wide implementation program? Who pays?
Rebecca Craven Program Director Pipeline Safety Trust rebecca@pstrust.org (360)543-5686
