Three PIPA Task Teams began work at the inaugural Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance (PIPA) in January 2008:
The PIPA Task Teams are working to identify and develop best practices for property development adjacent to transmission pipelines.
- Protecting Communities (revised 1/31/2008)
- Defining recommended characteristics of land use adjacent to transmission ROW.
- Using enhanced building codes for structures adjacent to transmission ROW.
- Simple, risk-informed guidance for 1 and 2 above. This guidance should be based on attributes of both the pipeline and the proposed development.
- Model Ordinances, Planning Policies, Regulations, or State Legislation incorporating or promoting any of these best practices.
- Protecting Transmission Pipelines (revised 1/31/2008)
- Determine if there is consensus on best practices for:
- Incorporating the ROW space in new developments; residential, commercial, and industrial.
- Defining acceptable land owner uses and activities on ROW.
- Ensuring land owners working in the ROW notify operators prior to making changes in land use.
- Guiding the specification, acquisition, development, and maintenance of transmission ROW.
- Managing and recording land documents (easements, encroachment agreements, retention, recording practices).
- Develop Guidance, Model Ordinances, Planning Policies, Regulations, or State Legislation incorporating or promoting any of these best practices.
- Review Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Best Practices and one-call system requirements for gaps in protecting transmission pipelines due to changes in land use in the ROW.
- Communications (revised 1/31/2008)
- Determine best practices for fostering early communication among stakeholders regarding risk-informed planning to protect communities and pipelines.
- Determine best practices for communicating acceptable uses and activities on pipeline ROW to land owners and other stakeholders (tenants, excavators, . . .).
- Determine best practices for real estate disclosure of transmission ROW to potential purchasers of property.
- Determine barriers to effective communication and best practices for engaging stakeholders.
- Describe benefits of pipeline transportation
- Describe best practices to effectively communicate risk of pipelines and how risk is managed.
- Examine possible tie-ins with Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Best Practices
- Formulate PIPA risk communication plan and design format of final PIPA work product for all Task Teams.
The goals of the Protecting Communities Task Team are to determine if there is consensus on best practices for:
The goals of the Protecting Transmission Pipelines Task Team are:
Tabled Issue:
Determine if there is consensus on best practices for building setbacks from the edge of transmission pipeline ROW.
The goals of the Communications Task Team are to:
Presentations given during the Inaugural PIPA Plenary Meeting and Task Team meetings, as well as several informative reference documents are available.
Some communities have already been active in land use planning efforts. From these efforts, there are several important resources available to PIPA. More...