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October 19, 2017

PHMSA Announces Additional Public Comment Period for Underground Natural Gas Storage Interim Final Rule

October 19, 2017 -- Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced that it would provide an additional public comment period for its December 19, 2016 Interim Final Rule (...

October 19, 2017

DOT Issues Revised RIA for ECP Brake Provision in PHMSA’s May 2015 HHFT Final Rule

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), on October 16, 2017, issued and invites comments to a revised Regulatory...

September 25, 2017

PHMSA Pipeline Safety Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group Public Meeting

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today published a notice in the...

September 4, 2017

Postponement of PHMSA September Gas and Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee Meetings

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is announcing the postponement of a public meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC) and the postponement...

July 28, 2017

PHMSA Call for Public Comment on International Standards on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced today its Federal Register (FR) Notice asking for public comment on issues being considered during the 51st  and 52...

July 17, 2017

PHMSA Solicits Proposals for Pipeline Safety Research and Development Program Research Awards

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced today that its Pipeline Safety Research and Development (R&D) Program is accepting proposals for research awards for research...

July 6, 2017

PHMSA Develops New Online Code of Federal Regulations Mobile Application

In its continuing efforts to improve safety and public access to the latest transportation regulations, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today made available a new online Code...

April 28, 2017

PHMSA Adjusts Maximum and Minimum Civil Penalties for Violations of Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a ...

April 25, 2017

PHMSA Adjusts Maximum and Minimum Civil Penalties for Inflation

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a...