Latest Actions
PHMSA Requests Information in Automated Technologies for Surface Modes in Hazardous Materials
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) requests information on matters related to the development and potential use of automated technologies for surface modes (i.e., highway and rail) in hazardous materials transportation...
PHMSA Issues Corrective Action Order to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC
On February 8, 2018, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a Corrective Action Order (CAO) to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in...
MGPI Processing, Inc. Toxic Chemical Release
Incident Description:
On October 21, 2016, a chemical release occurred at the MGPI Processing plant in Atchison, Kansas. MGPI Processing produces distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches. The release...
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...
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 (...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...