US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
East Building, 2nd Floor
1200 New Jersey Ave
Washington, DC
20590
Web : www.phmsa.dot.gov
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The US Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) on February 27 prohibiting the transport of lithium ion cells or batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft. Devices with li-ion batteries for personal use will still be permitted in the cabin and hold....
A preliminary report from the US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has blamed a corroded pipe for the more than 120,000 gallon oil spill that affected miles of California’s coastline near the city of Santa Barbara last May. Local, state and federal regulators are probing the incident and will release a final report later this year. ...
The US Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation relocated to Charleston, West Virginia, on January 28 for hearings on issues affecting the country’s pipeline network. This follows the December 2012 natural gas transmission pipeline explosion at Sissonville, West Virginia, which destroyed several homes and a section of interstate highway. ...
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report on March 22 that most of the almost quarter million miles of pipelines used to carry gas recovered from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations across the country were not being regularly inspected for leaks or corrosion by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). ...
The cracked pipeline that leaked 116,760 gallons of gasoline in Wellington, Ohio, has been removed and replaced with a new pipeline under the guidance of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), according to a Sunoco spokesperson. The 8-inch pipeline, owned by Sunoco, runs from Toledo, Ohio, to Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and is now back in service....
President Obama has announced that he is seeking more resources for pipeline safety following an increase in the number of accidents across the US and growing safety concerns....
San Francisco is sueing a federal agency for failing to enforce safety standards before the 2010 explosion of a PG&E Corp. gas pipeline in San Bruno, California, that killed eight people. In addition, negotiations between PG&E and the San Bruno municipality over restitution for the blast have apparently stalled....