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 Safety Administration (PHMSA) transmitted a final rule to the Federal Register today that will strengthen the safety and...

PHMSA Final Rule - Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria, Integrity Management Improvements, Cathodic Protection, Management of Change, and Other Related Amendments

PHMSA issued the following Final Rule on August 4, 2022, and it has been submitted to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. Although PHMSA has taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this version of the Final Rule posted on the PHMSA website, and will post it in the docket (PHMSA-...

NOPSO Consent Agreement and Order 08-03-2022

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 shipping costs WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (...

PHMSA Request for Information on Electronic Hazard Communication Alternatives

PHMSA is considering revisions to the Hazardous Materials Regulations, which would authorize a performance-based electronic communication alternative to the existing physical, paper-based hazard communication requirements. With this request for information, PHMSA seeks stakeholder input to help...

Notice of Limited Enforcement Discretion For Particular Type C Gas Gathering Pipelines

In relation to the gas gathering final rule issued November 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is providing notice that it will exercise regulatory enforcement discretion to refrain from taking enforcement action until...

PHMSA Notice of Proposed Safety Order to Freeport LNG Development, LP

Emergency Waiver Order 21: Transporting HAZMAT in Areas Affected by Wildfires in New Mexico

PHMSA Emergency Waiver Order #21: Transporting HAZMAT in Wildfire Affected Areas in New Mexico

The Emergency Waiver Order supports efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a threat to public health, welfare, or the environment caused by actual or potential oil and hazardous materials incidents resulting from wildfires within the disaster...

PHMSA Funding Opportunities Brochure (PDF)

The PHMSA Funding Opportunities brochure offers a quick guide to all PHMSA hazardous materials and pipeline safety grants, as well as Research and Development funding. This document includes general information for potential applicants, and details the funding available, eligibility, statutory...