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PHMSA rulemakings update related to pipeline leak detection

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has not released a Significant Rulemaking Report since December 2016 as the agency evaluates rulemakings in accordance with Executive Orders 13771 and 13777.

API: “the new NPRM on gas transmission and gathering lines does little to enhance pipeline safety”

API Midstream Director, Robin Rorick, has criticized PHMSA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

PHMSA research forum finds CPM leak detection more practical than fiber optic leak detection

API reminds lawmakers that pipelines also count as infrastructure

The first week of January, President Trump’s administration presented his infrastructure plan for 2018. This plan lists the top legislative priorities: building roads, bridges and highways.

PHMSA issue corrective action order to Belle Fourche Pipeline

The Belle Fourche Pipeline Company now has to take corrective actions to protect the general public, property, and the environment following the spill that impacted the Ash Coulee Creek near Belfield, North Dakota.