Public Hearing: Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire, San Bruno, CA, September 9, 2010

Agenda

Day 1 - Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Opening Statements

• Opening Statement by the Chairman, Board of Inquiry
• Introduction of the Board of Inquiry and Technical Panel
• Introduction of the Parties to the Hearing
• Opening Statement by the Investigator-in-Charge

Panel 1: PG&E Operations

• Mark Kazimirsky, PG&E, Supervising Gas Engineer
• Keith Slibasager, PG&E, Manager, Gas System Operations
• Chih-hung Lee, Sr. Consulting Gas Engineer, Risk Management
• Brian Daubin, PG&E, Sr. Manager Regulator Support and Analysis
• Sara Peralta, PG&E, Integrity Management Manager
• Edward Salas, PG&E, Sr. VP Engineering and Operations

Technical Panel: Matt Nicholson, Ravi Chhatre

Lunch

Continuation of questioning Panel 1

Panel 2: Integrity Management

• Edward Salas, PG&E, Sr. VP Engineering and Operations
• Frank Dauby, PG&E, Supervising Engineering
• Bob Fassett, PG&E, Director, Integrity Management and Technical Support

Technical Panel:  Karl Gunther, Ravi Chhatre

 

Day 2 – Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Panel 3: Public Awareness

• Dennis Haag, City of San Bruno, Fire Chief
• James (Jim) Narva, NASFM, Executive Director
• Peter Lidiak, API, Pipeline Director
• Terry Boss, INGAA, Sr. VP Environment Safety and Operations
• Carl Weimer, Pipeline Safety Trust, Executive Director
• Aaron Rezendez, PG&E,  Sr. Program Manager, Safety Health and Claims
• Annmarie Robertson, PHMSA, Program Manager

Technical Panel:  Dana Sanzo, Bob Trainor

Lunch

Panel 4: State and Federal Oversight

• Dennis Lee, CPUC, Sr. Utilities Engineer, Supervisor
• Richard Clark, CPUC, Director, Consumer Protection and Safety Division
• Julie Halligan, CPUC, Deputy Director, Consumer Protection and Safety Division
• Linda Daugherty, PHMSA, Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Program
• Zach Barrett, PHMSA, Director, State Programs
• Paul Metro,  NAPSR, Vice-Chair

Technical Panel: Ravi Chhatre, Karl Gunther, Matt Nicholson

 

Day 3 – Thursday, March 3, 2011

Panel 5: Industry Wide Technology

• Geoff Foreman, GE, Growth and Strategy Leader
• Charles Dippo, AGA, Vice President, Engineering Services & Systems Integrity, South Jersey Gas Company
• Christina Sames, AGA, Vice President, Operations and Engineering
• Fraser Farmer, Pipelink Associates, Owner
• Robert Smith, PHMSA, Research and Development Manager
• Joshua Johnson, PHMSA, Materials Engineer
• Alan Mayberry, PHMSA, Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations

Technical Panel: Frank Zakar, Carl Schultheisz, Mike Budinski, Ravi Chhatre, Bob Trainor

Closing Statements

• Closing Statement by Chairman Hersman