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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MAY 2015 17 Emergency Preparedness Committee By Craig Bishop, Sr. Compliance Specialist, Kinder Morgan UNDERGROUND PIPELINES ARE EVERYWHERE: 4HEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR NATIONS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE "ECAUSE WE CANT SEE THEM WE SELDOM THINK ABOUT PIPELINES THEIR ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY OR THEIR POTENTIAL HAZARDS 0IPELINES ARE TYPICALLY UNDERGROUND 4HEY ARE CONSTRUCTED IN A CORRIDOR OF LAND CALLED THE PIPELINE RIGHTOFWAY THAT INCLUDES THE LAND OVER AND AROUND THE PIPELINE %XCAVATION ACTIVITY IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF SERIOUS PIPELINE DAMAGE )N MOST STATES RESIDENTS EXCAVATORS AND FARMERS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO CALL AT LEAST TWO DAYS PRIOR TO STARTING AN EXCAVATION PROJECT TO HAVE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES MARKED 3IGNS OF A 0IPELINE ,EAK OR 2UPTURE "ROWN OR DISCOLORED VEGETATION AMID HEALTHY PLANTS $IRT BEING BLOWN INTO THE AIR #OLORFUL SHEENS ON WATER SURFACES &IRE AT OR BELOW GROUND LEVEL "UBBLES COMING FROM BODIES OF WATER ! LOUD ROAR OR HISSING SOUND $ISTINCTIVE PETROLEUM TYPE ODORS OR ROTTEN EGG SMELL ! DENSE WHITE CLOUD OR FOG )DENTIFYING 0IPELINES IN 9OUR #OMMUNITY +NOW WHERE PIPELINES ARE LOCATED A 0IPELINE MARKERS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE RIGHTOF WAY AT ROAD INTERSECTIONS WATERWAYS RAILROAD CROSSINGS AND ALL ABOVEGROUND FACILITIES B 4HEY SPECIFY THE TYPE OF PRODUCT TRANSPORTED THE OPERATORS NAME AND EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER C -APS OF TRANSMISSION PIPELINES IN OUR AREA 'O TO WWWNPMSPHMSADOTGOV !LWAYS CALL BEFORE YOU DIG 7ATCH LISTEN AND SMELL FOR SIGNS OF A LEAK A )F YOU SEE HEAR OR SMELL SIGNS OF A PIPELINE LEAK IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE AREA WARN OTHERS TO STAY AWAY AND ONCE IN A SAFE AREA CALL B )F YOU CALL THE PIPELINE OPERATOR SUCH AS +INDER -ORGAN NOTIFY THE OPERATOR OF THE LOCATION OF THE LEAK BY PROVIDING THE NUMBER FROM THE TENT POLE NEAR THE PIPELINE MARKER SIGN YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER +NOW THE 3IGNS OF A ,EAK )F A LEAK OCCURS )MMEDIATELY LEAVE THE AREA IN AN UPWIND DIRECTION AND warn others. $O NOT LIGHT A MATCH SMOKE A CIGARETTE OR ECIGARETTE START AN ENGINE USE A TELEPHONE OR CELL PHONE OR TURN ONOFF ANY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES /NCE YOU ARE A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE POTENTIAL LEAK CALL $O NOT DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE YOU SUSPECT A LEAK AND DO NOT TOUCH OR OPERATE PIPELINE VALVES Kinder Morgan +INDER -ORGAN IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PIPELINE OPERATORS IN THE 5NITED 3TATES 4HEY MONITOR THE PIPELINES HOURS A DAY FROM THEIR 3YSTEM OF #ONTROL #ENTERS /N -AY AT AM THE %0# WILL PRESENT h.APA 2OCKS BUT THE 7ATER IS /Nv 4HE MAGNITUDE SOUTH .APA EARTHQUAKE HIT IN AT AM ON A 3UNDAY MORNING #OME TO THE %00 MEETING TO lND OUT WHAT OCCURRED AFTER SEVERAL WATER MAINS RUPTURED DURING THE .APA EARTHQUAKE PRESENTED BY 'ARY 3TURDIVAN %00 7ATER 4EAM ,EADER ^ *EAN 3ANDOVAL %0# #HAIRPERSON 0IPELINE 3AFETY )NFORMATION ! SPECIAL THANK YOU TO 'ILLIAN "OUCHER AND *AN AND 2AY 4HORSKY FOR THEIR SELmESS HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK AND SUPPORT FOR THE %MERGENCY 0REPAREDNESS #OMMITTEE

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