Press Releases
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USDOT Announces Bipartisan PIPES Act Proposal to Modernize Decades-Old Pipeline Leak Detection Rules, Invests in Critical American Infrastructure, Create Good-Paying Jobs, and Improve Safety
PHMSA 04-23
Contact: PHMSAPublicAffairs@dot.gov
WASHINGTON –...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Funding for 37 Projects to Improve Safety, Fix Old, Leaky Gas Pipes and Create Jobs
PHMSA 03-23
Contact: PHMSA Public Affairs, PHMSAPublicAffairs@dot.gov
First-of-its-Kind program is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, will...
USDOT Partners with NASCAR and Arizona 811, Releases Spotify Ad to Promote National Safe Digging Month
PHMSA 02-23
Contact: ...
USDOT Announces State and Local Funding to Improve Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Safety Nationwide
PHMSA 01-23
Contact: PHMSA Public Affairs, PHMSAPublicAffairs@dot.gov
Funding available to train firefighters and other first responders as well as support States and...
DOT Announces Over $75.6 Million in Awards for Pipeline Safety Oversight and Enhancement Activities
PHMSA 09-22
Contact: PHMSA Public Affairs
Email: phmsa.publicaffairs@dot.gov
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Over $32 Million in Grants to Support Local Hazardous Materials Safety Efforts
PHMSA 08-22
Contact: PHMSA Public Affairs
Email: PHMSAPublicAffairs@dot.gov
Washington – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials...
New Rule Strengthens Safety Requirements for more than 300,000 miles of Natural Gas Pipelines
PHMSA 07-22
Contact: PHMSA Public Affairs
Email: phmsapublicaffairs@dot.gov
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials...
New International Harmonization Rule Will Help Speed Up the Movement of Goods, Reduce Costs for Americans
PHMSA 06-22
Contact: PHMSA Public Affairs
Email: phmsa.publicaffairs@dot.gov
New regulation will save estimated $250 million over the next 10 years in...
PHMSA Announces New Safety Measures to Protect Americans From Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Failures After Satartia, MS Leak
PHMSA 05-22
Contact: PHMSAPublicAffairs@dot.gov
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...
USDOT Begins Accepting Applications for President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Program Designed to Improve Pipeline Safety, Reduce Gas Distribution Leaks in Communities Across the Country
PHMSA 04-22
Contact: PHMSAPublicAffairs@dot.gov
WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced today that the Department of...