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NSIP operational reform consultation: will it improve the process?

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The Government is currently consulting on operational changes to the NSIP consenting process that have the potential to make significant improvements to parts of the DCO process. In this Insight we outline the changes...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Resilience Reimagined: TSA Amends Critical Pipeline Security Directive

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The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) has issued an amended directive on pipeline security, SD-Pipeline-2021-02D (the “Directive”). The Directive is based on and supersedes the...more

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Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Portable...

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a May 8th letter a request for clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulation (“HMR”) in terms of applicability to a Portable Emission...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 26

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Biden Administration to Introduce New National Cyber Strategy for Critical Infrastructure - The Biden administration is reportedly working on a National Cyber Strategy for critical infrastructure that will advocate a more...more

Polsinelli

National Security Focus on Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Sharpens

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Last year Colonial Pipeline halted one of the United States’ largest pipeline systems due to a ransomware attack. Within days a state of emergency was declared in 17 states. A few days later the pipeline resumed service, and...more

Venable LLP

Permitting Bill Would Impose Regulatory Burdens and Economic Disruption on Hydrogen Infrastructure Owners

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​​​​​​​Senator Manchin recently released the text of his much anticipated and controversial bill aimed at reforming the federal permitting process, particularly for energy infrastructure (the "Energy Independence and Security...more

Nossaman LLP

$1M Colonial Pipeline Fine: The Canary in the Coal Mine?

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A proposed $1M civil penalty against Colonial Pipeline for its procedural failures during a ransomware attack could indicate what’s in store for critical infrastructure operators who fail to keep employees up to date on how...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Cyber Partnership or Regulation—What Lurks Beneath the Water “Surge”?

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Federal agencies have been actively looking at cyber threats to critical infrastructure. In a January 27 announcement the White House said: “it will extend the Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Initiative to the...more

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2022 Cyber Watch List: A look at 2021 and What’s to Come in the Year Ahead

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Privacy In Focus®- In 2021, cyber gained prominence as a top business risk and national security concern with ransomware attacks wreaking havoc on business operations and critical infrastructure. Companies large and small,...more

Morgan Lewis

Emergency Cybersecurity Regulations in the Pipeline Industry: Unique Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

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Cybersecurity threats to critical infrastructure systems are nothing new. But events over the last few years have been notable due to the seemingly increased frequency of successful attacks and the way those attacks have been...more

McDermott Will & Emery

TSA Issues Cybersecurity Rules for Transportation Sector

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On December 2, 2021, the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced two new Security Directives and additional guidance for voluntary measures to strengthen cybersecurity...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

TSA Issues Second Security Directive for "Critical" Pipelines and LNG Facilities and Plans to Revise Pipeline Cybersecurity...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the issuance of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) second Security Directive (Directive) creating mandatory cybersecurity rules for owners and operators of...more

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TSA's Pipeline of Cybersecurity Requirements

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on July 20, 2021, reversed two decades of pipeline cybersecurity policies. Having previously advocated for voluntary pipeline cybersecurity standards, the TSA quickly issued...more

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Biden Administration Issues Memo Focused On Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

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Following a series of major ransomware attacks, including against Colonial Pipeline, which provides the East Coast with 45 percent of its gasoline, jet fuel and diesel, President Biden issued a National Security Memorandum...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The Private Sector Should Heed White House Warning On Cyber Resilience Because Compliance Is Coming

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The increased concern about ransomware incidents from both quantitative and severity standpoints, spurred the White House to urge corporate business leaders to improve their defenses and resilience posture against ransomware...more

Hogan Lovells

TSA issues second cybersecurity directive for pipeline companies

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the issuance of a second security directive (Directive) that requires owners and operators of certain critical pipelines carrying hazardous liquids and natural gas to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Energy and Infrastructure Companies Need to Know about the DOE’s and Other Agencies’ Focus on Cybersecurity

On March 18, 2021, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) announced three new research programs that are “designed to safeguard and protect the U.S. energy...more

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Is The TSA Security Directive A Harbinger Of Oil And Gas Cybersecurity Regulations?

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In the weeks that followed a ransomware attack on a domestic pipeline company, the federal government’s efforts to shore up the cybersecurity posture of America’s critical infrastructure and supply chains, including the oil...more

Opportune LLP

Court Rulings, Delays & Cancellations Underscore Challenges For Gas Pipeline Construction

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Find out what challenges the natural gas industry faces to construct new pipelines and how these challenges have impacted gas supplies, particularly in the Northeast....more

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Department of Homeland Security Announces New Cybersecurity Requirements for Pipelines

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced a new Security Directive requiring companies in the pipeline sector “to better identify, protect against, and respond to” cyber threats. Among other things, the...more

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The Justice Department Strikes Back and Recovers Ransom Paid by Colonial Pipeline

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You just can’t make this stuff up – the Justice Department, displaying its growing sophistication of the cyber world, announced it recovered most of the ransom paid to criminal hackers of Colonial Pipeline Co. (Colonial)....more

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Cyber Proposals Should Reject Impractical Obligations and Victim Shaming

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There is a growing clamor in Congress and the Executive Branch to do something after the Colonial Pipeline incident and other high-profile cyber-attacks. Rushing to impose broad new obligations is perilous. Policymakers...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

DOJ Grabs Colonial Pipeline Crypto Wallet from DarkSide

In an unusual and exciting twist to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week that it was able to retrieve $2.3 million of the $4.4 million paid by Colonial Pipeline to...more

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The Government’s Swift Response to Pipeline Cyberattack: Executive Order and TSA Security Directive

On May 10, 2021, the hacking group DarkSide succeeded in shutting down the Colonial Pipeline with a ransomware attack that highlighted the vulnerability of the U.S. energy sector to cyberattacks. The attack led to a panic...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

TSA Security Directive Requires 30-Day Cybersecurity Assessments, Rapid Incident Notification for "Critical" Pipeline and LNG...

Less than a month after the high-profile ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued its first-ever set of mandatory...more

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