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PHMSA Soliciting New Pipeline Safety Research

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October 10, 2012 – PHMSA announced its latest round of solicited research topics that are targeting a wide range of challenges identified from the July 2012 R&D Forum. These topics are covering technology development and the generation of new knowledge in the areas of Threat Prevention, Leak Detection, Anomaly Detection/Characterization, Anomaly Repair and Remediation and in Design/Materials/Welding/Joining/Valves. PHMSA anticipates a $10M base investment to fund awards in these topic areas. Please find more information on PHMSA’s R&D Program website.