The Senate and House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committees will hold a joint hearing in Harrisburg November 16 on natural gas and petroleum pipeline emergency preparedness and response.
The hearing is being held in the wake of the Spectra Pipeline explosion in Westmoreland County in April and more recently in Lycoming County where a Sunoco gasoline pipeline broke during local flooding.
The hearing is being held in the wake of the Spectra Pipeline explosion in Westmoreland County in April and more recently in Lycoming County where a Sunoco gasoline pipeline broke during local flooding.
Among with witnesses expected to provide comments to the Committees are:
-- Sen. Tom Killion (R-Delaware) and Rep. Christopher Quinn (R-Delaware);
-- Representatives of the State Fire Commissioner’s Office, Lycoming County Office of Public Safety;
-- PUC Commissioner Andrew Place, a representative of PA One Call utility notification program;
-- Pipeline operators Sunoco, UGI and a representative of Associated Petroleum Industries;
-- A citizens panel with representatives from the Philadelphia area; and
-- A representative of Cleveland Electric Labs on leak detection technology.
The hearing will be held in Hearing Room 1 of the North Office Building starting at 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch the hearing live online and for copies of written testimony when available.
Sen. Randy Vulakovich (R-Allegheny) serves as Majority Chair of the Senate Committee and can be contacted by sending email to: rvulakovich@pasen.gov. Sen. Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by sending email to: costa@pasenate.com.
Rep. Stephen Barrar (R-Delaware) serves as Majority Chair of the House Committee and can be contacted by sending email to: sbarrar@pahousegop.com. Rep. Chris Sainato (D-Lawrence) serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by sending email to: csainato@pahouse.net.
(Photo: Spectra Gas Pipeline explosion, Westmoreland County, April 2016.)
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