PHMSA’s oil spill response regulations have been subject to increased scrutiny by Congress, the NTSB and citizen groups since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon and Marshall, Michigan incidents.
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PHMSA Promulgates Final Rule Regarding Agency Enforcement Procedures
By Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP on
PHMSA has issued a final rule making several significant changes to the Agency’s enforcement procedures. See attached Federal Register pre-publication release of PHMSA Final Rule (Sept. 24, 2013). While this rule purports to comply with various Congressional mandates set forth in the 2012 amendments to the Pipeline Safety Act, it effectively increases and establishes some new Agency enforcement tools. …
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