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Committee advances IURC agency bill; raises state pipeline penalties to federal levels
Summary
Senate Bill 421, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) agency bill, was advanced by the committee. The bill aligns state pipeline safety maximum penalties with federal limits and makes several administrative updates to notice and reporting provisions, supporters said, to avoid federal takeover of enforcement.
The Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee advanced Senate Bill 421, the IURC’s agency bill, which includes a package of administrative updates and a provision to raise state maximum civil penalties for pipeline safety violations to match federal maximums.
Luke Wilson of the IURC told the committee the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) informed the state that, unless Indiana raised its penalty maximums, federal authorities would assume enforcement. "The federal government notified us over the summer that if our the state did not raise its penalties, the federal…
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