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Senate Commerce Subcommittee Eyes PHMSA Reauthorization, Flags Delayed Rulemakings
Summary
Witnesses and senators pressed for congressional direction to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to finish overdue rulemakings, update references to industry standards and fix the special-permit process during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on pipeline safety.
Chairman Todd Young convened a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on pipeline safety that zeroed in on reauthorization of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and several outstanding PHMSA rulemakings.
The hearing matters because PHMSA’s regulatory agenda, witnesses said, shapes how operators adopt new safety practices and technologies across more than three million miles of U.S. pipeline infrastructure.
Industry and safety representatives said several PHMSA actions remain incomplete years after Congress directed them. Robin Rourke, vice president of midstream policy at the American Petroleum Institute, told the subcommittee that many PHMSA rules still cite outdated industry standards and urged a statutory requirement for routine updates. “If an updated standard isn't adopted,…
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