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On 16 August 2024, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion vacating portions of new natural gas-related pipeline-safety standards promulgated by The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (“PHMSA”) published in the April 10th Federal Register final rules amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”). See 89 Fed. Reg. 25434....more
Regulators are looking at a ticking time clock for covered entities in the gas transmission industry to ensure their compliance with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s “Mega Rule” — a rulemaking...more
On Sept. 7, 2023, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Distribution and Other Pipeline Safety Initiatives.”...more
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is suspending a rule that allows liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be transported by rail in specialized tank cars, starting 31 October 2023. This final rule overturns a Trump-era rule...more
On August 24, 2023, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at enhancing safety requirements for gas distribution pipelines. The changes...more
On Aug. 24, 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced the forthcoming publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking intended to improve safety...more
Background - On 5 May 2023, the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled “Pipeline Safety: Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and...more
On Aug. 2, 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced the grant of $64.4 million to states to improve the safety of pipelines and underground natural...more
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a May 8th letter a request for clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulation (“HMR”) in terms of applicability to a Portable Emission...more
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking intended to improve the detection and repair of leaks from...more
On May 4, 2023, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) titled “Pipeline Safety: Gas Leak Detection...more
On May 4, 2023, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the NPRM) concerning natural gas pipeline leak detection and repair. The move comes as part of the...more
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently announced that it will hold several days of informational meetings to address topics important to carbon dioxide and hydrogen pipeline developers and...more
As of October 6, 2022, operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines must comply with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (“PHMSA”) Final Rule on “Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection...more
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) recently released the final rule in a rulemaking trilogy collectively known as the “Mega Rule” — a set of regulations designed to improve pipeline safety by...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an August 4th Interpretive Response a question regarding applicability of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to: …...more
On July 8, 2022, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a notice of regulatory enforcement discretion for particular gathering lines. Gathering lines are those pipelines that transport gas...more
On January 27, 2022, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a public informational meeting on February 17, 2022 regarding PHMSA’s plan for forthcoming audits of updated inspection and...more
In our last article, we introduced the recently finalized New Rule of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), which expands safety and reporting requirements to previously unregulated onshore gas...more
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently finalized the second of three gas transmission and gathering-line safety rules, originating out of a nearly 10-year rulemaking....more
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) has issued a final rule that, for the first time ever, expands certain federal pipeline safety requirements to all onshore gas gathering pipelines,...more
On November 2, 2021, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ("PHMSA") issued a Final Rule (the “Final Rule”) to revise 49 C.F.R. Parts 191 and 192 to expand federal oversight of U.S. onshore natural gas...more
The US Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a final rule on November 2, 2021 expanding the applicability of the federal pipeline safety regulations to certain...more
On 8 November 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to propose a temporary suspension of transport...more