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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 Administration (PHMSA) today announced it is taking steps to implement new measures to strengthen its safety oversight of carbon dioxide (CO2)...
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 Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has begun accepting applications...
PHMSA Safety Advisory Notice for the Transportation of Lithium Batteries for Disposal or Recycling
PHMSA Safety Advisory Notice for the Transportation of Lithium Batteries for Disposal or Recycling (PDF)
PHMSA Issues Proposed Civil Penalty of Nearly $1 Million to Colonial Pipeline Company for Control Room Management Failures
PHMSA 03-22 Contact: PHMSAPublicAffairs@dot.gov
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a Notice of Probable Violation (NOPV) and Proposed Compliance Order to Colonial Pipeline Company, which...
Remarks of Deputy Administrator Tristan Brown Before the American Petroleum Institute Control Room and Cybernetics Conference
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Savannah, GeorgiaGood afternoon. Thank you for that introduction and for the opportunity to speak to you today regarding PHMSA and the important actions we are taking to advance our mission to protect people and the environment. For those of you unfamiliar...
Notice of Enforcement Discretion Regarding Packaging Tape
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is providing notice that it will exercise regulatory enforcement discretion for any person who affixes tape of a different type than what was originally tested for a packaging test report to a...
PHMSA Notice of Enforcement Discretion Regarding Interim Final Rule for Pipeline Safety: Unusually Sensitive Areas for the Great Lakes, Coastal Beaches, and Certain Coastal Waters
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is providing notice that it will not take enforcement action against regulated entities for alleged violations of obligations under 49 CFR 195.11 or 195.12 in connection with hazardous liquid...