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October 2016
 
 Office of Pipeline Safety to Host Research and Development Forum
 
 PHMSA Issues Final Orders with $732,100 in Civil Penalties to ONEOK
 
 Task Force Issues Recommendations to Increase Safety and Reliability of U.S. Natural Gas Storage
 
 PHMSA Withdraws Safety Advisory for Damaged, Defective, Recalled Lithium Cells or Batteries or Portable Electronic Devices
 
 PHMSA Issues Amendment to Corrective Action Order for Alabama Gasoline Spill
 
 PHMSA Proposes to Update Requirements for Hazardous Materials Grants
 
 PHMSA Issues Amendment to Corrective Action Order to Colonial Pipeline Company for Alabama Gasoline Spill
 
 DOT Awards $1 Million to Hazardous Materials Training Organizations as Part of New Community Safety Grant Program
 
 PHMSA Publishes Pipeline Civil Penalty Structure Online
 
 PHMSA Clarifies Policy Removing PG II Designation for Organic Peroxides and Self-Reactive Substances
 
 Final Rule Expands Requirement for Excess Flow Valves on New and Replaced Gas Distribution Pipelines
 
 PHMSA Issues Interim Final Rule To Implement Expanded Authority to Issue Emergency Orders, Improve Pipeline Safety
 
 PHMSA Awards $20M in Hazmat Emergency Preparedness Grants to States, Territories, and Tribes
 
 PHMSA Awards $900K to Universities in Support of Pipeline Safety Research
September 2016
 
 Colonial Pipeline Failure - Shelby County, Alabama
 
 PHMSA and OSHA Clarify Requirements for Labeling Hazardous Chemicals for Bulk Shipments
 
 PHMSA Issues Corrective Action Order to Colonial Pipeline Company for Line 1 Failure
 
 DOT Issues Safety Requirements for Traveling with Recalled Galaxy Note 7 Devices
 
 PHMSA Issues Corrective Action Order to Sunoco Pipeline, L.P.
 
 PHMSA Seeks Comment on Draft Revision of Regulations for Safe Transport of Radioactive Material
August 2016
 
 Integrated Pipeline Inspection Results in Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Civil Penalties for Colorado Interstate Gas Company, LLC.
 
 PHMSA Issues Public Invitation to Comment on Application for Federal Preemption on California Meal and Rest Break Requirements
 
 PHMSA Proposes to Harmonize U.S. Hazardous Materials Regulations to International Standards
 
 PHMSA Clarifies Regulatory Requirements Regarding Abandoned Pipelines
 
 PHMSA Codifies FAST Act Requirements for Flammable Liquids and Rail Tank Cars
 
 PHMSA Issues Notice of Probable Violation and Proposes Civil Penalties to Kinder Morgan-Wink Pipeline, LP for Pipeline Safety Violations
 
 Pipeline Failure Investigation Results in Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Civil Penalties for National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation
July 2016
 
 PHMSA Proposes $1.6M in Civil Penalties for Safety Violations Following Fatal 2015 Louisiana Compressor Station Explosion
 
 PHMSA Seeks Comment on Insurance for Railroad Carriers Transporting Hazardous Materials
 
 PHMSA Proposed Rule Would Amend Hazardous Materials Regulations Regarding Compressed Gas Cylinders
 
 Amended Corrective Action Order - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Spectra)
 
 PHMSA Awards Nearly $1.5M in Grants for State Damage Prevention Programs
 
 PHMSA Proposes New Safety Oil Spill Response Plans and Information Sharing for High-Hazard Flammable Trains
 
 DOT Announces Over $3.7M in Instructor and Public Sector Hazardous Materials Safety Training Grants
 
 Dallas Multimodal Hazardous Materials Transportation Training Seminar - July 12-13, 2016
 
 PHMSA Issues Notice of Probable Violation, Proposed Civil Penalty, and Proposed Compliance Order Against Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. for Unreported Accident
 
 States Awarded More Than $49 Million in Pipeline Safety Grants
 
 PHMSA Proposed Rule Would Reduce Regulatory Burden While Maintaining Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety
 
 PHMSA Adjusts Maximum Civil Penalty Amounts for Inflation
June 2016
 
 PHMSA Issues Third Amendment to Corrective Action Order for Santa Barbara Crude Oil Leak
 
 Plains Pipeline LP Corrective Action Order – Amendment 3
 
 DOT Announces New Hazardous Materials Safety Grant
May 2016
 
 PHMSA Enforcement Activities in Response to Plains Pipeline Failure
 
 HM-262 Hazardous Materials: Carriage of Battery-Powered Electronic Smoking Devices in Passenger Baggage
 
 PHMSA Announces a Notice of Public Meeting on Hazardous Materials Transportation
 
 PHMSA Failure Investigation Report Plains Pipeline LP Line 901 Public
 
 USDOT Releases Failure Investigation Report for May 2015 Plains All-American Pipeline Spill in Santa Barbara, California
 
 DOT Bans E-Cigarettes From Checked Baggage
 
 Pipeline Advisory Committees to Vote on Proposed Rulemakings June 1-3
 
 PHMSA Extends Comment Period for New Safety Regulations for Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines
 
 PHMSA Issues Corrective Action Order to Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Spectra Energy Partners, LP)
April 2016
 
 PHMSA Final Rule Incorporates by Reference ASME Standards Into Hazardous Materials Regulations
 
 PHMSA Supplemental Proposed Rule Would Incorporate by Reference ASME Standards Into Hazardous Materials Regulations
 
 DOT Releases New Emergency Response Guidebook
 
 USDOT Observes Ninth Annual National Safe Digging Month
 
 PHMSA Issues Corrective Action Order to TransCanada Oil Operations
 
 U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Flammable Liquid Unit Trains Response Curriculum
 
 PHMSA Issues Lithium Ion Battery Safety Advisory Related to Air Transportation
March 2016
 
 Ladders of Opportunity
 
 HM-253 Reverse Logistics Final Rule - March 2016 (PDF)
 
 PHMSA to Host Oil Spill Response Plan Public Workshop
 
 HM-253 Hazardous Materials: Reverse Logistics
 
 PHMSA Proposes New Safety Regulations for Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines
 
 Report to Congress on FY 2014 Technical Assistance Grants - June 2015
 
 Report to Congress on Open Statutory Mandates - June 2015
 
 Report to Congress on Five-Year Interagency R&D Plan - March 2015
 
 Written Statement of the Honorable Marie Therese Dominguez Administrator PHMSA on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power Hearing on Examining Pipeline Safety Reauthorization
February 2016
 
 Written Statement of Administrator Marie Therese Dominguez before the House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure on Pipeline Reauthorization
January 2016
 
 PHMSA Issues Final Rulemaking to Adopt Certain Hazardous Materials Special Permits into Regulations
 
 The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act
 
 Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Leak
December 2015
 
 Safety Alert - Transportation of Hoverboards (Lithium Battery Powered Vehicles)
 
 PHMSA Releases Safety Alert for Hoverboards
 
 PHMSA Withdraws Cargo Tank Motor Vehicle Wetlines Rulemaking
 
 New PHMSA Final Rule Improves the Safe Transportation of Bulk Explosives
October 2015
 
 DOT Issues New Flight Safety Rule for E-Cigarettes
September 2015
 
 PHMSA Doubles Awards to Universities for Pipeline Safety Research Program Offers Research Funding for University-Affiliated Projects
 
 DOT Announces $5.9 Million in First Responder Grants to Help Protect Communities From Flammable Liquids by Rail Incidents
 
 PHMSA Final Rule Streamlines and Clarifies HazMat Special Permits and Approvals Application Process
 
 DOT Announces $19.9 Million in First Responder Grants to Help Protect Communities
 
 PHMSA Announces over $54 Million in Pipeline Safety Grants to Support State Pipeline Safety Programs
August 2015
 
 Hazardous Materials: Notification of Anticipated Delay in Administrative Appeal Decisions
July 2015
 
 PHMSA NPRM: Expanding the Use of Excess Flow Valves in Gas Distribution Systems to Applications Other Than Single-Family Residences
 
 PHMSA Issues Corrective Action Order to Plains Pipeline, LP Following Pocahontas Station Pipeline Facility Failure
 
 PHMSA Issues Pipeline Damage Prevention Programs Final Rule
 
 Department of Energy Posts Crude Oil Characteristics Research Plan
 
 PHMSA Proposes to Expand the Use of Excess Flow Valves in Natural Gas Distribution Pipelines
 
 PHMSA Releases Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery and Accident Notification Regulatory Proposal
June 2015
 
 Review of Existing Federal and State Regulations for Gas and Hazardous Liquid Gathering Lines - June 2015
 
 Report to Congress FY2014 Technical Assistance Grants Program
May 2015
 
 PHMSA Notice regarding Emergency Response Notifications for Shipments of Petroleum Crude Oil by Rail
 
 U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Corrective Action Order to Plains Pipeline, LP
 
 Report to Congress: Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid Gathering Lines - May 2015
 
 PHMSA statement regarding the crude oil pipeline release in Santa Barbara County, California
 
 DOT Announces Final Rule to Strengthen Safe Transportation of Flammable Liquids by Rail
April 2015
 
 PHMSA Offering $2 Million in University Research Grants for Pipeline Safety Solutions
 
 PHMSA Clarifies Consumer Fireworks Policy
February 2015
 
 PHMSA Extends Compliance Date for Lithium Battery Hazardous Materials Rule
 
 PHMSA Proposes Rulemaking to Adopt Certain Hazardous Materials Special Permits into Regulations
January 2015
 
 PHMSA Statement on Bridger Pipeline Release Near Glendive, MT
 
 Fact Sheet: FY 2015 Budget - Enacted Levels
October 2014
 
 U.S. Department of Transportation Approves Special Permit for the Safe Transport of Ebola Infected Medical Waste for Disposal
 
 Hazmat Transportation Biennial Report 2011-2012
August 2014
 
 U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $20.2 Million in Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grants to Help Communities Stay Safe
July 2014
 
 U.S. Department of Transportation Issues New Standards to Improve Safety of Lithium Battery Transportation
 
 PHMSA Harmonizes HM Regs with IAEA / PHMSA Seeks Comment on Explosives Trucks
 
 PHMSA Issues a Safety Advisory Notifying the Public of Unsafe Fire Extinguishers
April 2014
 
 PHMSA's Proposed Pipeline Penalties Hit All-Time High; Serious Pipeline Incident Count Hits All-Time Low
 
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Latest Events
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Reports to Congress
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 PHMSA FY2015 Staffing and Hiring Plan for Pipeline Safety - August 2016
 
 Report to Congress on NTSB and OIG Recommendations - July 2016
 
 Report to Congress on PHMSA's FY2013 Hazardous Materials Grants Program
 
 Report to Congress on Paperless Hazard Communications Pilot Program - August 2016
 
 Report to Congress on 2015 NTSB Pipeline Safety Recommendations - August 2016
 
 Report to Congress Results of Hazardous Liquid Incidents at Certain Inland Water Crossings Study
 
 Letters for Report to Congress for Results of Hazardous Liquid Incidents at Certain Inland Water Crossings Study signed 8-27-13
 
 PHMSA's Fiscal Year 2015 Staffing and Hiring Plan - July 2015
 
 PHMSA's Assessment of Pipeline Emergency Response Training - July 2015
 
 Review of Existing Federal and State Regulations for Gas and Hazardous Liquid Gathering Lines - May 2015
 
 Report to Congress on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Crossing Inland Waterways - August 2013
 
 Report to Congress on the Study of Diluted Bitumen
 
 Hazmat Biennial Report to Congress for calendar year 2011 and 2012
 
 Report to Congress on NTSB Pipeline Safety Recommendations
 
 Report to Congress on NTSB and DOT OIG Open Safety Recommendations
 
 Annual Report to Congress on the Hazardous Materials Grant Program, FY 2012
 
 Report to Congress on Open Statutory Mandates
 
 Report to Congress on Excavation Damage
 
 Status Update on the Paperless Hazard Communications Pilot Program – September 2014
 
 Annual Report to Congress on NTSB-OIG Recommendations - July 2013
 
 Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents Data Assessment and Improvement Plan
 
 Annual Report on NTSB Pipeline Safety Recommendations – June 2013
 
 Annual Report to Congress on the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grant Program FY 2010 & 2011 - June 2013
 
 Open Statutory Mandates - February 2013
 
 Leak Detection - December 2012
 
 Automatic & Remote Controlled Shut-Off Valves – December 2012
 
 Cast Iron Pipelines - December 2012
 
 Congressional Response on Cessation of Reporting - December 2012
 
 Quarterly Report on Pipeline Safety Inspection & Enforcement Staffing - November 2012
 
 Annual Report on NTSB Pipeline Safety Recommendations – September 2012
 
 Hazmat Transportation Biennial Report 2009-2010 Letters to Congress
 
 Pipeline Inspection & Enforcement Staffing Quarterly Report - December 2010
 
 Pipeline Inspection & Enforcement Staffing Quarterly Report - September 2010
 
 Hazmat Transportation Biennial Report 2009-2010
 
 Hazmat Grant Program Annual Report 2007-2010
 
 Hazmat Grant Program Annual Report 2007-2010 – Letters to Congress
 
 Open Statutory Mandates Report - February 2012
 
 Technical Assistance Grants Program Report - FY2010
 
 Open Statutory Mandates Report - August 2012
 
 Open Statutory Mandates Report - February 2010
 
 Open Statutory Mandates Report – February 2011
 
 Pipeline Inspection & Enforcement Staffing Quarterly Report - June 2011
 
 Pipeline Inspection & Enforcement Staffing Quarterly Report – March 2011
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