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 1998
 Slater
Announces Agreement with the Netherlands on Transport
Research (1/16/98)
Secretary
Slater Announces Transportation Education and Career
Activities for Job Shadow Day Feb. 2 (1/30/98)
DOT
Awards $992,271 to North Carolina State University
(2/17/98)
RSPA
Announces Public Meetings on Hazardous Materials
Transportation (2/26/98)
DOT
Approves Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Project
(3/24/98)
Deputy
Secretary Downey Announces $500,000 Grant to Texas
A&M University (3/24/98)
Deputy
Secretary Downey Announces $500,000 Grant to Great Lakes
Center for Truck & Transit Research (3/31/98)
Slater
Tours Georgia Utilities Protection Center; visit
Highlights Model Safety Program (4/8/98)
Secretary
Slater Announces $45,000 Grant to Georgia UPC (4/23/98)
New
Campaign Promotes Safe Digging Practices by Excavators
(5/13/98)
DOT
Goes On-Line with Hazardous Materials Information
(5/21/98)
Transportation
Department Teams With AAA to Promote New Teen Driver
Program (6/4/98)
Secretary
Slater Announces Energy Saving Contract (6/17/98)
Government-Industry
Pipeline Mapping System Will Help Protect Environment
(6/26/98)
Frank
B. Tupper Named Director of Transportation Safety
Institute (7/28/98)
Secretary
Slater Names Kelley S. Coyner as New RSPA Administrator
(8/7/98)
DOT
Approves Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Projects
(8/17/98)
Administrator
Coyner Announces Texas Grants (8/20/98)
Van
Beek Named Deputy Administrator of RSPA (8/26/98)
Downey
Announces $250,000 to the International Association of
Fire Fighters (9/4/98)
Transportation
Department Awards $500,000 Grant to University of
Michigan (9/10/98)
Slater
Visits Suitland High School as Part of America Goes Back
to School Program (9/16/98)
DOT
Announces National Pipeline Mapping System (9/30/98)
DOT
Holds Hazardous Materials Transportation educational
Outreach Meeting (10/8/98)
DOT
Teaches for America (10/19/98)
Secretary
Slater Announces $1.8 Million Grant to University of
Minnesota (10/20/98)
DOT
Proposes New Safety Standards for Cylinders (10/30/98)
Secretary
Slater Announces $1.5 Million in Research Grants to
California Universities (10/30/98)
RSPA
Issues User-Friendly Hazardous Materials Regulations
(12/14/98)
RSPA
Proposes Pipeline Systems Integrity Pilot Program
(12/21/98)
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