Thomas W. Tobin

Tom Tobin and Dan Braude (Partners-White Plains, NY) presented “National Transportation Safety Board Pipeline Investigations” to a regional natural gas utility, servicing 2.1 million customers in seven states, on May 24, 2021. On average, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates only two pipeline calamities each year, and Tom and Dan have represented pipeline operators and transportation providers in many of these investigations. They provided this large natural gas utility with insight into which pipeline incidents the NTSB is most likely to investigate, who will likely be invited to participate as a “party,” what happens while the NTSB is on scene, typical interaction with other stakeholders (the press, the company’s management, plaintiffs’ attorneys and judges), how to anticipate and prepare for NTSB interviews, the importance of vetting draft NTSB documents, the preparation of party submissions, and in-person meetings with the five board members, who are presidential appointments. Tom and Dan have provided similar, company-specific presentations all over the country.