PRESS RELEASES FOR 2004
October
DOT Awards $17.9 Million in Federal Grants for Transportation Research and Education (10/29/04)
Transportation Department Awards $7.4 Million For Pipeline Safety Research Projects (10/28/04)
U.S. Department
of Transportation Awards West Virginia $140,570 Hazardous Materials
Planning and Training Grant; Distributes Emergency Response Guidebook
(10/22/04)
U.S.
Department of Transportation Awards New Mexico, Native American Tribes
Over $202,000 in Hazardous Materials Planning and Training Grants;
Distributes Emergency Response Guidebook (10/19/04)
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards Louisiana $204,058 Hazardous Materials
Planning and Training Grant; Distributes Emergency Response Guidebook (10/18/04)
DOT Awards Grant to Marshall University for
Transportation Research and Education (10/12/04)
September
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $12.8
Million in Hazardous Materials Planning and Training Grants (9/20/04)
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards
$250,000 To International Association of Fire Fighters for Hazmat
Response Training
(9/20/04)
U.S. Department of Transportation to Distribute
1.73 Million Hazmat Guidebooks to Police, Fire and Emergency
Organizations (9/20/04)
July
Transportation Department Takes Enforcement
Action Against Two Pipeline Companies: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners,
LLC and Puget Sound Energy for Safety Violations (7/15/04)
June
Federal Overhaul of Pipeline Safety Program
Makes Quick Progress on Many Reforms
(6/15/04)
April
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards Over
$1.8 Million to University of Wisconsin and MIT for New Automobile
Technology and Safety Programs (4/5/04)