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Industry presses pilot programs, special-permit reform and class‑location rule to speed technology adoption
Summary
Industry witnesses told the subcommittee that PHMSA should update repair criteria, reform its special-permit process, and complete the long‑pending class‑location rule so operators can use modern inspection tools, analytics and risk-based inspection practices more quickly.
Industry witnesses urged Congress and PHMSA to clear bureaucratic hurdles that, they said, slow adoption of newer inspection technologies and analytical tools.
Andy Black of the Liquid Energy Pipeline Association and Eric Taylor of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America said pipelines generate vast amounts of inspection data from inline inspection tools ("smart pigs") and that machine learning and advanced analytics can help identify threats earlier. Black said a congressional…
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