Whats PHMSAs role regarding Pipeline Safety?
Pipelines are among the safest and least costly ways of transporting large quantities of energy products essential to our economy. However, pipeline failures can kill and injure people, damage property, harm the environment and disrupt energy supplies. PHMSA’s job is to protect people and the environment from pipeline failures by: • Analyzing pipeline safety and accident data • Evaluating which safety standards need improvement and where new rulemakings are needed • Setting and enforcing regulations and standards for the design, construction, operation, maintenance or abandonment of pipelines by pipeline companies • Educating operators, states and communities on how to keep pipelines safe • Facilitating research & development into better pipeline technologies • Training state and federal pipeline inspectors • Administering grants to states and localities for pipeline inspections, damage prevention and emergency response.
Related Questions
- How will PHMSA Pipeline Safety provide training and oversight to state inspectors conducting reviews and audits of operator integrity management plans?
- Should operators inform PHMSA Pipeline Safety of changes they determine are needed to HCAs as defined in the National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS)?
- How will PHMSA Pipeline Safety ensure consistency in enforcing integrity management requirements?
