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The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a July 2nd Interpretive Letter clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to the transportation of...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a May 1st Interpretive Response a question regarding the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to shipping papers....more
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
The United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) sent a December 22, 2022, interpretive letter to Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. (“Linde Gas”) addressing the...more
The United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a December 6th interpretive letter the application of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to...more
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a November 22, 2022, Interpretive Letter the application of the Hazardous Materials Regulations to hazardous materials training for a forklift...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an October 3rd interpretive letter a request regarding Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to proper shipping...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an October 25th interpretive letter the application of the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to fuel...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an October 25th Interpretive Letter a question regarding the application of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”)...more
The United States Department of Transportation and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a July 28th interpretation response a question involving application of the Hazardous Materials...more
In Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Ultra Resources, Inc. (In re Ultra Petroleum Corp.),1 a panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Fifth Circuit Panel”) provided valuable clarity regarding a 2004 decision in...more
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
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
Linear infrastructure projects, including oil and gas pipelines, electric transmission lines and transportation, have faced a number of regulatory challenges over the last year. Some of these challenges stem from changes in...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a May 7th letter a question regarding the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to certain packaging requirements....more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a January 17th letter a question regarding the applicability of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to the...more
Pennsylvania, CNX Reach $1.48M Settlement on Abandoned Wells - "The order covers 141 conventional wells and five shale gas wells in Allegheny, Washington, Greene and Westmoreland counties." Why this is important: The...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a June 24th interpretive letter the applicability to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to residue of molten sulfur on...more
• The pipeline sector is a crucial aspect of the nation's economic and national security. While the sector has a host of regulators on various aspects of the industry from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S....more
The United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) granted a Petition submitted by the National Tank Truck Carriers Association requesting that the State of...more
As previously reported, on Aug. 31, 2018, Kevin J. McIntyre, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Howard "Skip" Elliott, Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration...more
In previous posts we gave an overview of business analytics ("The Basics of Business Analytics"-- Part 1 and Part 2) and described how model-driven prescriptive analytics can maximize profit by streamlining inefficiencies...more
WV DEP Waives Clean Water Act Authority Over Atlantic Coast Pipeline - "The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection waived the state's authority under the federal Clean Water Act to determine if another major...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an August 15th letter the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) security plan requirements. PHMSA was responding to two...more