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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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WASHINGTON -- In its push to ensure the nation's pipeline companies continue to enhance the safety of their systems by investing in necessary improvements, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration today announced another record year...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced a free, mobile web app of its Emergency Response Guidebook 2012 (ERG). The new safety tool will provide the nation's emergency responders with fast, easily...
This meeting is to promote the recommended land use practices described in the PIPA Report: Partnering to Further Enhance Pipelines Safety in Communities Through Risk-Informed Land Use Planning: Final Report of Recommended Practices. This session focuses specifically on transmission...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a final rule that maintains alignment with international hazmat transportation standards and issued a notice requesting comments about the transport of lithium batteries....