PHMSA Issues Final Rule for Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) transmitted a final rule to the federal register regarding Underground Natural Gas Storage...

Director of Governmental, International, and Public Affairs

Emily Wong is the Director of Governmental, International, and Public Affairs for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Prior to joining PHMSA, Wong was Director of Federal Relations at the American...

Report to Congress on Land Ports of Entry - September 2019

PHMSA Issues Corrective Action Order to TC Energy Corporation

PHMSA Corrective Action Order to TC Energy Corporation

On November 5, 2019, PHMSA issued a Corrective Action Order to TC Energy Corporation requiring the company to take certain corrective actions to protect the public, property, and the environment as a result of an October 30, 2019 leak involving its Keystone pipeline in North Dakota.

TC Energy Corrective Action Order - November 5, 2019

Investigation Report - AGT/National Grid LNG

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Appointees to Lithium Battery Advisory Committee

PHMSA ID's Great Lakes as an Ecological Resource in NPMS

PHMSA recently updated its National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) by reclassifying the Great Lakes region as an unusually sensitive area (USA) ecological resource.  A USA is a subset of the high consequence areas hazardous liquid pipeline operators are required to identify as part of...

U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes Major Rule for the Safe Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail Tank Car

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), announced that it is publishing a...