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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Small Business Development
Center Advisory Board
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
AGENCY:
Small Business Administration.
Notice of open Federal Advisory
Committee meeting.
ACTION:
The SBA is issuing this notice
to announce the date, time and agenda
for a meeting of the National Small
Business Development Center Advisory
Board. The meeting will be open to the
public; however, advance notice of
attendance is required.
SUMMARY:
Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 2:00
p.m. EDT.
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DATES:
[Docket No. PHMSA–2021–0050]
Pipeline Safety: Statutory Mandate To
Update Inspection and Maintenance
Plans To Address Eliminating
Hazardous Leaks and Minimizing
Releases of Natural Gas From Pipeline
Facilities
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); DOT.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of advisory
bulletin.
AGENCY:
PHMSA is issuing this
advisory bulletin to remind each owner
ADDRESSES: Meeting will be held via
and operator of a pipeline facility that
Microsoft Teams.
the ‘‘Protecting our Infrastructure of
Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel Karton, Office of Small Business 2020’’ (PIPES Act of 2020) contains a
self-executing mandate requiring
Development Centers, U.S. Small
operators to update their inspection and
Business Administration, 409 Third
maintenance plans to address
Street SW, Washington, DC 20416;
eliminating hazardous leaks and
Rachel.newman-karton@sba.gov; 202–
minimizing releases of natural gas
619–1816.
(including intentional venting during
If anyone wishes to be a listening
normal operations) from their pipeline
participant or would like to request
facilities. Operators must also revise
accommodations, please contact Rachel their plans to address the replacement
Karton at the information above.
or remediation of pipeline facilities that
are known to leak based on their
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
material, design, or past operating and
to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory
maintenance history. The statute
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2),
requires pipeline operators to complete
the SBA announces the meetings of the
these updates by December 27, 2021.
National SBDC Advisory Board. This
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Board provides advice and counsel to
Sayler Palabrica, by phone at 202–366–
the SBA Administrator and Associate
0559 or by email at Sayler.Palabrica@
Administrator for Small Business
dot.gov.
Development Centers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Natural
Purpose
gas is composed primarily of methane,
therefore leaks and other releases of
The purpose of the meeting is to
natural gas emit methane gas into the
discuss the following issues pertaining
atmosphere. According to the U.S.
to the SBDC Program:
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), methane is a potent greenhouse
• Cybersecurity
• Outreach to underserved communities gas with a global warming potential
(GWP) of 28–36 over 100 years.1
• Strategies for getting Small Business
Compared to carbon dioxide, methane
back to normal
gas has a stronger warming effect, but a
shorter lifespan in the atmosphere. Due
Andrienne Johnson,
to the high GWP and short lifespan of
Committee Management Officer.
methane gas in the atmosphere,
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minimizing releases of natural gas (both
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fugitive and vented emissions) has
relatively near-term benefits to
mitigating the consequences of climate
change. Likewise, remediation or
replacement of pipeline facilities that
SUMMARY:
1 ‘‘Understanding Global Warming Potentials,’’
U.S. EPA, available at https://www.epa.gov/
ghgemissions/understanding-global-warmingpotentials.
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are known to leak based on material,
design or past operating and
maintenance history can result in
enhanced public safety, environmental
protection, and economic benefits.
The ‘‘Protecting our Infrastructure of
Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of
2020’’ (Pub. L. 116–260, Division R;
‘‘PIPES Act of 2020’’) was signed into
law on December 27, 2020. This law
contains several provisions that
specifically address the elimination of
hazardous leaks and minimization of
releases of natural gas from pipeline
facilities. Section 114(b) of the PIPES
Act of 2020 contains self-executing
provisions that apply directly to
pipeline operators. This section requires
each pipeline operator to update its
inspection and maintenance plan
required under 49 U.S.C. 60108(a) no
later than one year after the date of
enactment of the PIPES Act of 2020 (i.e.,
by December 27, 2021) to address the
elimination of hazardous leaks and
minimization of releases of natural gas
(including, and not limited to,
intentional venting during normal
operations) from the operators’ pipeline
facilities (49 U.S.C. 60108(a)(2)(D)). The
PIPES Act of 2020 also requires those
plans to address the replacement or
remediation of pipelines that are known
to leak due to their material (including
cast iron, unprotected steel, wrought
iron, and historic plastics with known
issues), design, or past operating and
maintenance history (49 U.S.C.
60108(a)(2)(E)). In addition, 49 U.S.C.
60108(a)(2) requires that operators
continue updating these plans to meet
the requirements of any future
regulations related to leak detection and
repair that are promulgated under 49
U.S.C. 60102(q).
Advisory Bulletin (ADB–2021–01)
To: Owners and Operators of Gas and
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Facilities.
Subject: Statutory Mandate to Update
Inspection and Maintenance Plans to
Address Eliminating Hazardous Leaks
and Minimizing Releases of Natural Gas
from Pipeline Facilities.
Advisory: The PIPES Act of 2020
contains self-executing provisions
requiring pipeline facility operators to
update their inspection and
maintenance plans to address the
elimination of hazardous leaks and
minimization of releases of natural gas
(including, and not limited to,
intentional venting during normal
operations) from their systems before
December 27, 2021. PHMSA expects
that operators will comply with the
inspection and maintenance plan
revisions required in the PIPES Act of
2020 by revising their operations and
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board
AGENCY: Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal Advisory Committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the date, time and
agenda for a meeting of the National Small Business Development Center
Advisory Board. The meeting will be open to the public; however,
advance notice of attendance is required.
DATES: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: Meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Karton, Office of Small
Business Development Centers, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409
Third Street SW, Washington, DC 20416; [email protected];
202-619-1816.
If anyone wishes to be a listening participant or would like to
request accommodations, please contact Rachel Karton at the information
above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), the SBA announces the
meetings of the National SBDC Advisory Board. This Board provides
advice and counsel to the SBA Administrator and Associate Administrator
for Small Business Development Centers.
Purpose
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the following issues
pertaining to the SBDC Program:
Cybersecurity
Outreach to underserved communities
Strategies for getting Small Business back to normal
Andrienne Johnson,
Committee Management Officer.
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