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West Virginia Updates

Pipelines play a vital role in our daily lives. Cooking, cleaning, commuting, air travel, and the heating of homes and businesses are all made possible by the fuels delivered through pipelines. Natural gas provides for 24% of our country's total energy consumption, and petroleum provides for...

Safety Alerts - Hazmat Cylinders

On Sept. 24, 2013, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a safety advisory to notify the public of approximately 5,900 potentially unsafe compressed gas cylinders serviced by Beauchesne Fire Equipment in Attleboro Falls, Mass.,...

Pipeline Safety Experts to Discuss Tougher Safety Regulations

WASHINGTON - The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's Technical Advisory Committees (TAC)  will meet in Alexandria, Va., Dec. 11-13 to consider two proposed rulemakings that, if implemented, would strengthen federal pipeline safety enforcement programs. The...

77 FR 70543

On November 27, 2012, in the Federal Register, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced meetings of the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee and the Gas Liquid Advisory Committee, also known as the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards...