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Current PHMSA Grant Opportunities
PHMSA provides comprehensive grant programs that are designed to improve damage prevention, develop new technologies, improve both hazmat and pipeline safety. PHMSA is currently offering grant opportunities in support of the following initiatives:
Pipeline Safety:
State Damage...June 21, 2018: Written Testimony of Skip Elliott, Administrator, Before the House T&I
Written testimony of PHMSA Administrator Howard "Skip" Elliott before the House Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials on PIPES Act of 2016 Implementation: Oversight of Pipeline Safety Programs.
PHMSA Promotes Hazmat Accident Investigation Team Pilot Program
In our continuing efforts to improve safety, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has produced a brochure to promote its hazardous materials Accident Investigation Team (AIT) pilot program to hazmat and emergency first responder...
Consent Agreement and Order: Cheniere Energy for Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC
On April 20, 2018, PHMSA executed a Consent Agreement and Order with Cheniere Energy, Inc. that resolves the issues underlying the Corrective Action Order issued on February 8, 2018 to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC.
PHMSA Recognizes April as National Safe Digging Month
April is officially National Safe Digging Month. Excavation damage continues to be the leading cause of pipeline incidents, and the best way to prevent such incidents from occuring is by calling or clicking 8-1-1. For over a decade, PHMSA has advocated the importance of safe digging...
PHMSA Requests Information in Automated Technologies for Surface Modes in Hazardous Materials
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) requests information on matters related to the development and potential use of automated technologies for surface modes (i.e., highway and rail) in hazardous materials transportation. In anticipation of the development, testing...