Welcome to
the Research & Special Projects Administration's
(RSPA) Public Affairs web page. RSPA is responsible for a variety of safety and
regulatory programs. The Office of Pipeline Safety is
responsible for regulating the safe transportation of 1.5
million miles of interstate & intrastate natural gas
pipelines. The Office of Hazardous Material
Transportation issues standards for almost all types of
hazardous materials transportation. Also, the Volpe
National Transportation Systems Center is an organization within RSPA dedicated to
enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency, and
responsiveness of other Federal organizations with
critical transportation-related functions and missions.
PRESS RELEASES FROM JANUARY
1997
 DOT
Extends Hazardous Materials Regulations to Intrastate
Transportation (1/8/97)
DOT
Requires Improved Identification in Hazardous Materials
Transportation (1/8/97)
PRESS RELEASES FROM FEBRUARY
1997
DOT
Issues Safety Recommendations to the Colonial Pipeline
Company (2/25/97)
No press releases were issued
in March 1997
PRESS RELEASES FROM APRIL 1997
Sharma
to Resign as Head of Research and Special Programs
Administration (4/14/97)
PRESS RELEASES FROM MAY 1997
Federal
Agency Increases Help for Understanding its Regulations
(5/2/97)
PRESS RELEASES FROM JUNE 1997
DOT Awards
$1 Million to NJ Institute of Technology for
Transportation Education & Research (6/30/97)
DOT Awards
$1.1 Million to Penn State for Transportation Education
& Research (6/30/97)
PRESS RELEASES FROM JULY 1997
DOT Awards
$13 Million to States to Improve Pipeline Safety (7/1/97)
Kelley
Coyner Named DOT’s Research And Special Programs
Acting Administrator (7/8/97)
Transportation
Department Revises Requirement for Better Identificaiton
of Hazardous Materials (7/22/97)
PRESS RELEASES FROM AUGUST 1997
DOT
Revises Rules for Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied
Compressed Gas Service (8/19/97)
DOT Awards
$1 Million to Texas A&M for Transportation Education
& Research (8/20/97)
PRESS RELEASES FROM SEPTEMBER
1997
RSPA
Acting Administrator Highlights Transportation Education
& Careers at East Boston High School (9/12/97)
Coyner
Highlights Transportation Education and Careers at Thomas
Jefferson Middle School (9/17/97)
DOT
Announces Grants of $6.4 Million For Hazmat Incident
Planning and Training (9/23/97)
DOT
Extends Compliance Date of Shippers and Carriers That
Transport Hazardous Material in Intrastate Commerce
(9/23/97)
PRESS RELEASES FROM OCTOBER
1997
Transportation
Secretary Slater Announces Alliance With Educators &
Transportation Industry (10/30/97)
PRESS RELEASES FROM NOVEMBER
1997
DOT
Announces Rule to Reduce Excavation Damage to Pipelines
(11/19/97)
Secretary
Slater Unveils School-to-Work Program for Students
(11/20/97)
DOT and
Partners Announce Pipeline Damage-Prevention Pilot
Campaign (11/20/97)
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