PHMSA updates civil penalty amounts
Washington – A Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration final rule issued April 17 revises agency regulations to match the maximum and minimum civil penalties for hazardous materials...
View ArticleProgram to test safety impact of paperless hazcom system for shippers
Washington – The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has announced plans for a pilot program to evaluate the safety and security impacts of a paperless hazard communications system...
View ArticlePHMSA requests input on rail tank car safety enhancements
Washington – The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is requesting public input on a proposal to enhance the safety and durability of rail tank cars used to transport hazardous...
View ArticleGAO: PHMSA should better track ‘wetline’ incidents
Washington – The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration should better track the incidence rate of spills from cargo tank truck “wetlines” – the series of pipes used to load and unload...
View ArticlePHMSA: Pay civil penalties on time or cease hazmat operations
Washington – A Sept. 24 proposed rule from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration would prohibit hazardous materials carriers and associated companies from further operations if...
View ArticlePHMSA updates inspections for perishable hazardous materials
Washington – Beginning Nov. 1, Department of Transportation safety inspectors must follow new notification procedures when opening packages containing perishable hazardous materials that are deemed...
View ArticlePipelines safer than rail, roads for oil transport workers: study
Calgary, Alberta – Oil-carrying pipeline workers have a lower injury risk than workers transporting oil on railroads or roadways, according to a new study from public policy think tank Fraser Institute.
View ArticleOil from Bakken Formation may be extra-flammable, pipeline safety agency says
Washington – Crude oil shipped from the Bakken Formation – located in North Dakota, Montana and nearby Canadian provinces – may be more flammable than “traditional” heavy crude oil, the Pipeline and...
View ArticleAdvisory makes recommendations for preventing pipeline leaks
Washington – A new advisory bulletin from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration recounts one of the largest pipeline spills in the past five years and encourages pipeline owners...
View ArticlePHMSA must improve state pipeline safety oversight: audit
Washington – The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration must make improvements to its oversight of state pipeline safety programs, concludes an audit released May 7 by the Department of...
View ArticleHouse OKs pipeline safety amendment
Washington – The House has approved an amendment to fund pipeline safety measures as part of the 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act.
View ArticlePHMSA proposes rule to require faster notification of pipeline incidents
Washington – Pipeline operators may be required to notify the National Response Center no later than one hour after an incident involving natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines, under a recently...
View ArticleNominee to head PHMSA says safety should be ‘constant’
Washington – Marie Therese Dominguez promised to make safety the No. 1 priority as head of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, during her nomination hearing in front of the...
View ArticlePHMSA creates criteria for state excavation damage prevention programs
Washington – The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has established new review criteria for state excavation damage prevention programs, under a final rule published in the July 23...
View ArticlePHMSA updates civil penalty amounts
Washington – A Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration final rule issued April 17 revises agency regulations to match the maximum and minimum civil penalties for hazardous materials...
View ArticleProgram to test safety impact of paperless hazcom system for shippers
Washington – The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has announced plans for a pilot program to evaluate the safety and security impacts of a paperless hazard communications system...
View ArticlePHMSA requests input on rail tank car safety enhancements
Washington – The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is requesting public input on a proposal to enhance the safety and durability of rail tank cars used to transport hazardous...
View ArticleGAO: PHMSA should better track ‘wetline’ incidents
Washington – The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration should better track the incidence rate of spills from cargo tank truck “wetlines” – the series of pipes used to load and unload...
View ArticlePHMSA: Pay civil penalties on time or cease hazmat operations
Washington – A Sept. 24 proposed rule from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration would prohibit hazardous materials carriers and associated companies from further operations if...
View ArticlePHMSA updates inspections for perishable hazardous materials
Washington – Beginning Nov. 1, Department of Transportation safety inspectors must follow new notification procedures when opening packages containing perishable hazardous materials that are deemed...
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