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  1. Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 Becomes Law H.R. 2845
  2. MAOP Analysis Services
  3. PHMSA DIMP Implementation Webinar
  4. RCP’s Web-Based Compliance Management Systems
  5. DIMP Integration
  6. Key Features
  7. Pennsylvania New Pipeline Safety Law
  8. TAC, Title 16, Chapter 18 Underground Pipeline Damage Prevention TRRC Stakeholder Regulatory Workshop Report
  9. Texas Damage Prevention Summit San Marcos, TX – February 6 -8, 2012
  10. Damage Prevention Plans
  11. DOT Pipeline Compliance Workshop – February 28, 29 & March 01, 2012
  12. Pipeline Operations Manager Houston, Texas

Pennsylvania New Pipeline Safety Law

Docket No. M-2011-2271982 / HB 344

On December 22, 2011, Gov. Tom Corbett signed a bill giving Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission regulatory oversight of the commonwealth’s natural gas pipelines. (See related story in the December Edition of the DOT Pipeline Compliance News.) The new law (Gas & Hazardous Liquids Pipeline Act) which takes effect in 60 days, gives the PUC authorization to conduct safety inspections and investigations of pipelines in coordination with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration. It also gives the PUC the power to regulate pipelines without having to deem them a public utility, said Tioga County Republican Rep. Matt Baker, the bill’s author.

Federal funding and other funds generated through gas industry assessments will cover the hiring of inspectors, Baker said. The PUC is expected to hire at least 12 additional pipeline safety inspection engineers.

For a copy of Pennsylvania’s House Bill 344, Gas & Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Act, contact Jessica Roger.