Corrective Action Order: BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.s Low Stress Pipelines (PDF)
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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today directed BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. to take additional measures to ensure safety on its Prudhoe Bay pipelines as a result of a pipeline failure in March 2006.
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Vice Admiral Thomas J. Barrett, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.), was sworn in by U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta as the first Administrator for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) on May 31, 2006.
Barrett was nominated for the PHMSA post by President...
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PHMSA was recognized June 14 by Veterans Affairs Secretary R. James Nicholson for exceeding the Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) prime contracting goal of 3 percent by committing 29 percent of its contracts to SDVOSBs. Attending the Center for Veterans Enterprise Awards...
BP (Exploration) Alaska, Inc. won't be able to postpone testing requirements ordered by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), but has been given the green light to use alternate testing methods to check the condition of its North Slope pipeline operations, the...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today welcomed Krista L. Edwards as chief counsel at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). Edwards comes to the department having served as a partner in the Washington, DC, office of Sidley Austin, LLP, while she was a...
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