August 19, 2024
In May 2023, the Dept. of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a proposed new rule (see Pipeline Safety: Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair | PHMSA (dot.gov) that would slap onerous and very expensive new requirements on pretty much all natural gas pipelines in the country, including 2.7 million miles of gas transmission, distribution, and gathering pipelines; 400+ underground natural gas storage facilities; and 165 liquefied natural gas facilities (see Biden DOT Issues New Partisan Methane Rules for All Gas Pipelines). The country’s top trade organizations representing the midstream (pipeline) industry filed comments pointing out major flaws in the new rule (see Major Pipeline Associations File Comments Against New PHMSA Regs). One of those organizations, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), filed a lawsuit last December in federal court challenging the new rule (see INGAA Files Lawsuit Challenging PHMSA’s New Pipeline Safety Regs).
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