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Lawmakers and watchdogs cite recent deadly pipeline incidents; press for leak-detection standards
Summary
Committee members and witnesses reviewed multiple pipeline incidents from recent years, pressing for stronger leak-detection and repair standards and clearer enforcement when operators identify but do not fix hazardous leaks.
Members of the subcommittee highlighted fatal and injurious pipeline incidents in recent years and pressed witnesses for ways to reduce similar outcomes.
Representative Larson recalled the 1999 Olympic pipeline explosion and several recent fatal incidents, saying the ‘‘recent rise in pipeline incidents and deaths should be a warning call to this committee.’’ He cited a March 2023 UGI pipeline explosion in West Reading, Pennsylvania, that killed seven people, and other events including explosions in Jackson, Mississippi, and Avondale, Louisiana.
Bill Karam of the Pipeline Safety Trust told the committee the last two years had been the deadliest two-year period for pipelines in nearly 15 years and…
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