As the President considers whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a Republican bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would prohibit regulators from implementing safety rules recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The agency that would be responsible for oversight of the Keystone XL pipeline has not studied the safety measures necessary for a pipeline that carries tar sands crude.
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation gave notice this week that it has begun considering whether to grant the Canadian company Bruce Power permission to move 16 radioactively contaminated steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.
In a notice in the March 30 Federal Register DOT’s Pipeline More…
This week the National Transportation Safety Board will hold an uncommon three-day public fact-finding hearing on the Pacific Gas & Electric pipeline explosion that killed eight and burned dozens of homes in San Bruno, Calif., last September.
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has the authority to block a controversial plan to ship radioactive waste over the Great Lakes.
Last week the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission approved a plan to ship 16-school bus sized steam generators from the Bruce Nuclear Station on Lake Huron More…
The American Petroleum Institute today announced that it is putting 160 industry standards online for the first time, part of an effort to be more transparent about the standards under which many oil and gas companies operate.
API, the country’s oil and gas industry trade group, first announced back More…
The federal agency charged with ensuring the safety of the nation’s pipeline system released for public comment earlier this week a proposal to overhaul pipeline safety.
The proposal, an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, lays out a number of potential issues the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or More…
PG&E, the owner of a California natural gas pipeline that exploded in September, killing eight people, released a plan yesterday to upgrade its pipeline system. Under the plan, the utility will consult with regulatory and industry experts on installing remote shut-off valves that would immediately seal a pipeline in More…
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting story today on the role of states in ensuring pipeline safety. Much of the responsibility for enforcing pipeline safety rules is in the hands of the states and, at least in the case of the California Public Utilities Commission — which oversaw More…
The House passed a bill last night that would limit the amount of time an owner of a hazardous liquid pipeline has to report a pipeline accident. The bill, authored by Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Mich.), was a response to a massive oil spill in Michigan this past summer that resulted More…
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