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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