PHMSA has recently issued a Final Rule establishing review criteria for state excavation damage programs, as well as a process for enforcing Federal excavation damage requirements in states with inadequate excavation damage prevention enforcement.
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Damage Prevention
PHMSA Announces Over $1.5 Million in Pipeline Safety Grants to States
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PHMSA announced over $1.5 million in grants to 22 states to support state pipeline damage prevention programs. Excavation damage continues to be the number one cause of pipeline accidents that result in fatalities and injuries and since 2002 it has resulted in over $190 million in property damage nationwide. Coincident with these grants, the Agency…
PHMSA Extends Comment Period Regarding Pipeline Damage Prevention NPRM
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PHMSA granted industry requests for an extension of the comment period for its April 2, 2012 NPRM to amend the damage prevention program regulations with respect to evaluating state pipeline excavation damage prevention law enforcement programs. Comments are now due on or before July 9, 2012. Click here for the Notice (to be published in…
PHMSA Issues NPRM regarding pipeline damage prevention programs
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PHMSA proposes to amend the damage prevention regulations to (1) establish criteria and procedures for determining the adequacy of state pipeline excavation damage prevention enforcement programs; (2) establish an administrative process for making adequacy determinations; (3) establish the Federal requirements PHMSA will enforce in states with inadequate excavation damage prevention enforcement programs; and (4) establish…