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Abstract
Using GIS to Help Formulate New Pipeline Safety RegulationsTrack: Pipeline Transmission
Author(s): Bonnie Freeman
This paper describes using GIS to pilot test the proposed definition of unusually sensitive areas (USAs) in preparation for final rulemakings that affect the pipeline industry. The Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) jointly sponsored the pilot study that tested the process of identifying drinking water and ecological resources that are potentially more susceptible to long-term, irreversible, or irretrievable damage from a pipeline accident. This paper discusses the GIS data management techniques employed during the pilot test, the major problems encountered, and the solutions applied by the approach.
Bonnie Freeman
MFG, Inc.
4900 Pearl East Circle
Suite 300W
Boulder, CO 80301
USA
Phone: 303-447-1823
Fax: 303-447-1836
E-mail: Bonnie.Freeman@mfgenv.com