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PHMSA New Onshore Gas Transmission Notice of Enforcement Discretion
In relation to its final rulemaking entitled “Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria, Integrity Management Improvements, Cathodic Protection, Management of Change, and Other...
PHMSA issued this safety advisory notice to inform the public and raise awareness of the risks involved in the transportation of electric vehicles (EVs) powered by installed lithium batteries that may have been damaged due to submersion in waters during extreme weather events. PHMSA wishes...
PHMSA 02-23
Contact: PHMSAPublicAffairs@dot.gov
...The safety advisory re-emphasizes concerns with the survivability of DOT-111 tank cars and encourages tank car owners and shippers of flammable liquids to voluntarily upgrade their tank car fleets to the DOT-117 specification tank car, the newest and safest available tank car design authorized...
The safety advisory re-emphasizes concerns with the survivability of DOT-111 tank cars and encourages tank car owners and shippers of flammable liquids to voluntarily upgrade their tank car fleets to the DOT-117 specification tank car, the newest and safest available tank car design...
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 localities for hazardous material safety
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s...
PHMSA's amended Corrective Action Order to TC Oil Pipeline Operations, Inc. following the failure of its 36-inch Keystone pipeline and a release of almost 13,000 barrels of crude oil near Washington, KS. The amendment, based on PHMSA’s safety investigation, adds corrective actions to over...
This Safety Advisory alerts those engaged in the rail transportation of hazardous materials of their obligation to appropriately plan for emergencies and share information about available emergency response resources, as well as urges actions to ensure emergency responders are adequately...
This Safety Advisory alerts hazardous materials tank car owners and offerors of the potential harm to certain manway assemblies with aluminum protective housing covers when exposed to extreme heat. See Safety Advisory for more details.