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Federal pipeline oversight agency sued over lax enforcement
Peer :: Belgium | 1 month ago
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The Salt Lake Tribune First Published 1 minute ago Updated 1 minute ago An environmental group, citing three major pipeline leaks last week, has filed suit against the nation's top pipeline safety office. Kathryn Douglass, the lawyer who filed the
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Safety compromised by missing rules on oil and gas pipelines, GAO says
San Bruno :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Oil and gas pipelines could be made safer if pipeline operators had clear guidelines for how quickly they must respond to accidents, but federal regulators don't have the data they need to establish those rules, according to a report by the
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U.S. posts record year for pipeline safety
Upi :: Philippines | 4 months ago
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A U.S. pipeline regulator said a high number of enforcement orders last year was a reflection of "rigorous investigations and inspections" of safety procedures...Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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U.S. assesses pipeline safety
San Bruno :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Government Accountability Office, in a 50-page report, said the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration needs to do better at spelling out response criteria. Pipeline emergencies made headlines in
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Is Natural Gas Too Dangerous for America?
Boston :: MA :: USA | 5 months ago
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On Tuesday, a natural gas pipeline leak caused a tremendous explosion in West Virginia that melted a highway, its guardrails, and burned down several nearby houses...The size of the explosion, and the impact it had on its surroundings, thrust the
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Will Regulators Damn Keystone XL?
Omaha :: NE :: USA | 5 months ago
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Starting Tuesday, U.S. regulators will hold regular meetings on oil and natural gas pipeline safety standards. A series of pipeline issues, ranging from a deadly gas pipeline explosion in California, to a massive oil spill in Michigan, have brought
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Enbridge gets OK to restart Wis. pipeline
Upi :: Philippines | 10 months ago
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Pipeline company Enbridge announced it received approval from U.S. regulators to restart the oil pipeline that ruptured last month in Wisconsin...Enbridge submitted a restart plan for the 467-mile segment in Wisconsin...Installed in 1998, it's part
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PRBA Welcomes PHMSA Plan to Harmonize U.S Air Shipment Rules For Lithium Batteries with International Standards
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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Rechargeable Battery Association has filed comments with the U.S...Dangerous Goods Panel adopted safety standards for battery shipments that are more stringent than the existing U.S. regulations...Replacement of the equivalent lithium content
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Exxon Mobil shuts Louisiana oil pipeline after leak
Shreveport :: LA :: USA | 1 year ago
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It was unclear Monday, the second full day the North Line was shut, how long it might be down. The line pumps crude to ExxonMobil's 502,000 barrel per day (bpd) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery as well as a handful of other plants. The U.S. pipeline
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Partial start of Silvertip pipeline backed
Upi :: Philippines | over 1 year ago
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U.S. regulators approved of a plan submitted by Exxon Mobil to restart operations in a section of its Silvertip oil pipeline in Montana. Around 1,200 barrels of oil spilled from Exxon Mobil's Silvertip pipeline into the Yellowstone River near
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