USDOT Opens Applications for $18 Million in Funding Opportunities to Support Hazardous Materials Transportation and Pipeline Safety Activities Nationwide

News Digest PHMSA 28-16

PHMSA Failure Investigation Results in Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Civil Penalty for Sunoco Pipeline. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued a Notice of Probable Violation, Proposed Compliance Order and Proposed Civil Penalty of $251,...

PHMSA Proposes $1.6M in Civil Penalties for Safety Violations Following Fatal 2015 Louisiana Compressor Station Explosion

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today proposed $1.6 million in civil penalties and issued a Notice of Probable Violation (NOPV) and a Proposed Compliance Order to the Transcontinental Pipeline Company (...

PHMSA Announces over $54 Million in Pipeline Safety Grants to Support State Pipeline Safety Programs

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is awarding $54,085,440 in Pipeline Safety Base grants to 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

“Not only are these...

PHMSA Releases Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery and Accident Notification Regulatory Proposal

Proposal package requires faster notification following pipeline accidents, other important regulatory adjustments and updates.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today proposed new...

News Digest DOT 15-14

PHMSA Advisory Bulletin Reminds Oil Pipeline Operators to Update Facility Response Plans.  The Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is issuing this advisory bulletin to remind all onshore oil pipeline operators of the circumstances of the 2010 Marshall, Mich.,...

U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Pipeline Safety Action Plan

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today launched a national pipeline safety initiative to repair and replace aging pipelines to prevent potentially catastrophic incidents.