Anchorage Daily News September 2, 2002 http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/1708253p-1825056c.html Alyeska needs citizen oversight Compass By John Devens ...
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sonicmom_2000
Sep 2, 2002 9:53 pm
ST Services, Pepco Agree to Pay $2 Million For Oil Spill Potomac Electric Power Co. and the operator of the pipeline supplying fuel to the company's former...
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Richard Kuprewicz
kup12001
Sep 3, 2002 4:45 pm
A question was raised in an earlier email on the ability of smart pigs to detected anomalies containing sharp edge gouges. I want to clarify the choice of...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 3, 2002 5:54 pm
Kup - It was I who asked the question about the detection of sharp-edged gouges, and also the determination of absolute wall thickness of a pipe. the question...
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Bob Eiber
reiber@...
Sep 3, 2002 6:51 pm
The answer to the question of absolute wall thickness determination with a smart pig depends on which tool technology is used for the inspection. The most...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 3, 2002 7:41 pm
Kup -- Thanks again. Do you think that the pigging developers are taking advantage of the filtering that has enabled our space-tracking antennae to continue to...
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Schoen, Lee J.
cwolf99709
Sep 4, 2002 2:34 am
Ken, Come on, that stuff is 11 years old, shouldn't the conversation be about now. Lee ... From: Ken Meyer [mailto:kmeyer@...] Sent: Friday, August 30,...
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Schoen, Lee J.
cwolf99709
Sep 4, 2002 2:36 am
Ken, Gouges are usually best seen with a magnetic flux pig. Dents a seen by UT (ultra sonic) pigs. Of significant concern are dents with metal loss (i.e. ...
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Schoen, Lee J.
cwolf99709
Sep 4, 2002 2:38 am
Please note the change of regulatory to regularly at the bottom of my note (If I could actually read or write I might be dangerous). Lee ... From: Schoen, Lee...
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Schoen, Lee J.
cwolf99709
Sep 4, 2002 2:47 am
Ken, Not only do we use the ultrasonic pigs but were contributors to the development of the breed. Like many other pipeline companies we continue to look for...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 4, 2002 3:26 am
Oh, really. And to what do you attribute the necessary epiphanies? How about the recent demotion of the permit-givers up there. How about Don Young's...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 4, 2002 4:35 am
This squares with communications from both Rick K and Bob Eiber, though my own experience makes me somewhat skeptical that the developers are reaching outside...
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William R Byrd
wrbyrdatrcp
Sep 4, 2002 1:16 pm
So far, no one has mentioned the subject of "confirmation digs", which are an integral part of a smart pigging program. A smart pig doesn't give absolute,...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 4, 2002 4:33 pm
Very good information for the group, Bill, but the confirmation dig is certainly just an integral part of a pig program that should "go without saying"; and...
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William R Byrd
wrbyrdatrcp
Sep 4, 2002 5:15 pm
I wasn't trying to imply that pipeline companies were not doing confirmation digs. I just wanted the group to know that they were a normal part of a pigging...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 4, 2002 6:05 pm
OK, Bill, I'm not sure that I consider 5 years old to be "brand new", but won't go there right now. You were doing great until the end: "The incremental...
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Schoen, Lee J.
cwolf99709
Sep 4, 2002 7:18 pm
Ken, Actually a one inch hole under 800 pounds of pressure is quite impressively more than the smallest breech possible. There are a lot of sources of insight...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 4, 2002 7:58 pm
Lee -- This is beginning to resemble the flogging of an expired equine, but... Smallest possible breach was hyperbole, I confess, but was intended in the...
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Schoen, Lee J.
cwolf99709
Sep 4, 2002 8:19 pm
Bill and Ken, Confirmation digs are a natural part of the process of pigging, especially when you find anomalies that approach or exceed your preset limits of ...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 4, 2002 8:41 pm
Thanks for the useful information, Lee. I suggest that the computer be instructed to shift the time axes of the traces that are being compared from successive...
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Carol M. Parker
cmparker@...
Sep 5, 2002 3:06 am
Lee, Ken and Bill (and others) - I would like to make the case for more stringent regulations. Specifically, I would like to explain why I believe that the...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 5, 2002 7:43 am
The estimable Ms. Parker, as you may divine, is a law student. Advisable not to mess with her. She makes an excellent case, IMHO, for convicting someone in...
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Carol M. Parker
cmparker@...
Sep 5, 2002 12:18 pm
Ken - negligence is already defined by the Model Penal Code as follows: "A person acts negligently with respect to a material element of an offense when he...
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William R Byrd
wrbyrdatrcp
Sep 5, 2002 1:34 pm
Carol - As usual, I'm impressed by your ability to state your case in clear and logical terms. I think we'd all agree that people and companies should be ...
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Carol M. Parker
cmparker@...
Sep 5, 2002 2:43 pm
Well, Bill, actually pipeline companies already are criminally liable for negligent actions under the Clean Water Act if their spill contaminates a waterway....
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 5, 2002 5:01 pm
Carol -- You know that you and I share the same foxhole in these matters, and it may amuse the industry reps here, announced and lurking, if we have a...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 5, 2002 5:27 pm
Yes, there are the notorious cases such as you mention that would make one wary of the courts. However, I have seen articles that have researched the average...
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ANDERSON NOREEN
littleshack94
Sep 5, 2002 10:35 pm
DEAR CAROL, I HAD TO WRITE BACK AFTER READING YOUR LETTER. WE ARE JUST RESIDENTS IN NEW JERSEY. WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WAS A 16"...
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Gini Cooper
fernwood77
Sep 5, 2002 11:24 pm
Hi, Noreen You didn't say whether or not your property was taken for the easement. If so you need to find out what kind of protection if any you have in the...
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sonicmom_2000
Sep 6, 2002 12:41 am
Agency Seeks to Keep Energy Plant Info Secret WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal energy regulators on Thursday proposed rules to prevent terror groups and the...
