New Procedures Speed Approval of Fireworks Transport While Maintaining High Safety Standards

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has updated the certification process for the transport of consumer fireworks, also known as 1.4G fireworks, making approvals quicker and more efficient while...

11/6/2013 -- ExxonMobil Pegasus NOPV and Proposed Compliance Order

1/31/2014 -- ExxonMobil Request to Restart Southern Segment of Pegasus Pipeline

3/28/2014 -- ExxonMobil Pegasus Remedial Work Plan: Part I

PHMSA Administrator Testifies at Rockefeller Field Hearing

CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Administrator Cynthia Quarterman of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) reaffirmed the agency's commitment to pipeline safety during a congressional field hearing held in Charleston today.

West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller of the...

3/31/2014 -- PHMSA Approval Letter of Request to Restart Southern Segment of ExxonMobil Pegasus Pipeline

10/1/2015 -- PHMSA Completes Investigation of ExxonMobil Pegasus Failure; Issues Final Order and $2.6M Fine

10/21/2015 -- ExxonMobil Submits Petition for Reconsideration and Motion to Stay Compliance Order for Pegasus Pipeline

Land Planning near Gas Transmission Lines in North Dakota & Virginia

WASHINGTON -- In partnership with the National Association of Counties and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, PHMSA's Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance held webinars on land planning near transmission pipelines in North Dakota and Virginia on January 15th and 11th,...

Updates on ExxonMobil Pipeline Incident in Mayflower, Arkansas

On March 29, 2013 at 2:37 p.m., a 20-inch pipeline ruptured and leaked approximately 5,000 barrels of crude in the town of Mayflower, Ark. The affected line is part of ExxonMobil's Pegasus Pipeline System, which transports crude from Patoka, Ill. To Nederland, Texas.

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