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PHMSA Issues Safety Advisory on Use of DOT-39 Cylinders for Liquefied Flammable Compressed Gas. The U.S. Department of Transportation's (U.S. DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued a safety...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced the appointment of 24 members to the new pipeline safety Voluntary Information-Sharing System (VIS) Working Group. The...

PHMSA Issues Corrective Action Order to Belle Fourche Pipeline Following Early December Leak. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued a Corrective Action...

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued an interim final rule (IFR) that revises the Federal pipeline safety regulations to address safety issues related...

PHMSA is issuing this Advisory Bulletin in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to remind all pipeline owners and operators of the importance of safeguarding and securing their...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced the appointments of several new members to existing vacancies on its Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee and...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) ...

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM) that solicits public comment on petitions for rulemaking related to the marking of ID numbers on cargo tanks...