Report to Congress on 2017 NTSB Pipeline Safety Recommendations - April 2018

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...

Request for Information on Regulatory Challenges to Safely Transporting Hazardous Materials by Surface Modes in an Automated Vehicle Environment

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...

PHMSA Promotes New HAZMAT Accident Investigation Team Pilot Program

PHMSA Issues Corrective Action Order to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC

On February 8, 2018, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a Corrective Action Order (CAO) to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.  The CAO is...

PHMSA Corrective Action Order to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC

Report to Congress - Status of Open NTSB and DOT IG Recommendations (Mineta Act)

Report to Congress - Oil Spill Response Plans for High-Hazard Flammable Trains Progress Update - January 2018

MGPI Processing, Inc. Toxic Chemical Release

Incident Description:

On October 21, 2016, a chemical release occurred at the MGPI Processing plant in Atchison, Kansas. MGPI Processing produces distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches. The release occurred when a chemical delivery truck, owned and operated by...