Sentences with phrase «pipeline safety regulations»
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today proposed civil penalties totaling $ 183,800 and issued a Notice of Probable Violation and a Proposed Compliance Order to Kinder Morgan - Wink Pipeline, LP for possible violations of Federal pipeline safety regulations discovered during an integrated inspection of the operator's Wink pipeline system in Texas.
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The Proposed Compliance Order incorporates remedial actions that correspond to each alleged violation to ensure compliance with pipeline safety regulations and improve safety.
The New York Times reported in 2011 that the agency tasked with enforcing pipeline safety regulations is chronically understaffed and under - funded:
The group, known as Dilbit Committee, had been mandated by Congress last year to look at bitumen and spill risks and review pipeline safety regulations if necessary.
By revealing that tar sands crude behaves differently than conventional oil and highlighting the significant gaps in pipeline safety regulations and industry practices, TransCanada's 59 «special conditions» began to ring hollow as a safety guarantee.
The NOPV identifies four probable violations of Federal pipeline safety regulations, including a failure to ensure that each compressor station has pressure relief devices of sufficient capacity, insufficient procedures for analyzing accidents and failures, and failing to notify the National Response Center of the regulator failure and subsequent fire which required an emergency shutdown of the station within the required timeframe.
While the Federal government is primarily responsible for developing, issuing, and enforcing pipeline safety regulations, the pipeline safety statutes provide for State assumption of the intrastate regulatory, inspection, and enforcement responsibilities under an annual certification.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today proposed $ 1.6 million in civil penalties and issued a Notice of Probable Violation (NOPV) and a Proposed Compliance Order to the Transcontinental Pipeline Company (Transco) for violations of the Federal pipeline safety regulations.
PHMSA's investigation into the cause of the October incident near Bayou Black, Louisiana, uncovered five alleged instances of noncompliance with Federal pipeline safety regulations.
The US DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) just rolled out an online Code of Federal Regulations (oCFR) mobile app to both its hazardous materials and pipeline safety regulations.
Additionally, PHMSA sponsors a number of training activities designed to familiarize government and industry personnel with the requirements of pipeline safety regulations and to educate federal and state inspectors in compliance requirements, inspection techniques, and enforcement procedures.
This information is oriented primarily toward operators to provide information useful for complying with the pipeline safety regulations; however, all stakeholders may find this material informative.