Additionally, the state's authority to
regulate natural gas pipelines is limited.
Not exact matches
Last week, Trump replaced the head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), a five - person panel that approves certain
natural gas pipeline projects and
regulates interstate energy infrastructure.
The onshore
natural gas pipeline system consists of approximately 111 km Main
Pipeline and approximately 75 km Lateral
Pipeline, including bitumen surface access roads (including culverts) from the nearest existing roads (of whatever surface) to the
regulating & metering stations and valve stations of both
pipelines.
The distribution system includes underground
natural gas pipelines as well as metering and
regulating facilities and customer meters in cities and towns.
The researchers took direct emissions measurements of 230 randomly selected, representative leaks from underground
pipelines as well as at 229 metering and
regulating stations where
natural gas is measured and
regulated from higher pressure
pipelines to lower pressure distribution
pipelines.
While PHMSA directly
regulates most hazardous liquid
pipelines in the nation, states take over when it comes to intrastate
natural gas pipelines.
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