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PHMSA Announces Requirements for Pipeline Shut-off Valves to Strengthen Safety and...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a new rule to help improve pipeline safety, reduce super-polluting methane emissions, and protect the public by requiring the installation of remotely controlled or automatic shut-off valves, or alternative equivalent technologies, on new and replaced onshore natural gas, carbon dioxide, and other hazardous liquid pipelines.
US PHMSA Proposes New Pipeline Valve Regulations
The US Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has proposed revised federal pipeline safety regulations that will require the installation of remotely controlled or automatic shutoff valves on certain pipelines.The published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is for certain newly constructed or entirely replaced natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines.
PHMSA releases new rule on emergency authority
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (a US Department of Transportation agency) (PHMSA) recently released an interim final rule (IFR) establishing procedures to implement new imminent hazard authority created by the PIPES Act of 2016.