General
State Effort
While PHMSA is responsible for developing and publishing pipeline safety regulations, the pipeline safety statutes provide for States to assume intrastate regulatory, inspection, and enforcement responsibilities under an annual certification. If a State has a pipeline safety program certified by...
Federal Effort
PHMSA's Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) is responsible for oversight of interstate pipeline systems as well as intrastate pipeline systems, except in states which are certified by PHMSA as a state partner. OPS inspectors primarily operate out of regional offices in Trenton, NJ; Atlanta, GA;...