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  1. Underground Natural Gas Storage Interim Final Rule
  2. Underground Gas Storage Compliance
  3. Underground Gas Storage FAQs
  4. New Associate Administrator for OPS
  5. PHMSA Claims Enforcement Jurisdiction in 5 States Over 3rd Party Excavators
  6. PHMSA Pipeline Safety Information Collection Activities
  7. High Consequence Area Identification Methods Advisory Bulletin (ADB-2016-07)
  8. GIS Services
  9. PHMSA Advisory ADB-2016-06 Safeguarding and Securing Pipelines from Unauthorized Access
  10. PHMSA Projected Rulemaking Dates
  11. Gas Transmission
  12. Random Drug Testing Rate, etc.
  13. Misc. Pipeline Regulation Updates in Florida
  14. New York Regulation Updates
  15. North Dakota Approved Safety Rules for Underground Crude Oil & Produced Water Gathering Lines
  16. Pressure Testing Webinar – Advantages of Using TestOp®
  17. 2017 Pipeline Conference News
  18. Save the Dates! RCP Workshop Schedule for 2017
  19. HAWC Annual Race Against Violence

PHMSA Claims Enforcement Jurisdiction in 5 States Over 3rd Party Excavators

Per PHMSA’s rule for evaluating state damage prevention and excavation enforcement programs (July 13th, 2015), PHMSA has evaluated eight damage prevention programs and deemed five states (Alaska, Colorado, Mississippi, Montana and West Virginia) inadequate to the standards of the new rule. Thus, PHMSA can enforce excavation enforcement programs in those states. For more information on the rule, evaluation schedules, and determinations of adequacy visit http://phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/safety-awareness-and-outreach/excavator-enforcement.