{"id":2010693,"date":"2023-08-24T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-regulator-aims-to-improve-safety-of-gas-distribution-pipelines\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T12:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:06:33","slug":"us-regulator-aims-to-improve-safety-of-gas-distribution-pipelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-regulator-aims-to-improve-safety-of-gas-distribution-pipelines\/","title":{"rendered":"US regulator seeks to enhance gas distribution pipeline safety."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-regulator-aims-to-improve-safety-of-gas-distribution-pipelines%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010693&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) proposes new measures to enhance gas distribution\u2062 pipeline safety.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u200cPHMSA has issued \u2063a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that \u200doutlines updated regulations to improve safety on the country\u2019s\u200c extensive network of gas\u200d distribution pipelines. The\u2062 aim\u2064 is to mitigate risks by enhancing emergency response plans, integrity management plans, operation manuals, and more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>This proposal\u200b comes after the Massachusetts gas explosions in 2018 linked to a utility, which killed one \u200bperson and injured 22 \u200bothers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThis proposal incorporates lessons from the 2018 Merrimack Valley (in Massachusetts) tragedy to help \u2062ensure something like that never happens again. These changes will\u200b protect communities and the environment, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scalise-biden-didnt-run-as-the-most-far-left-big-government-socialist-in-u-s-history\/\" title=\"Scalise: Biden Didn't Run as 'the Most Far-Left Big Government Socialist' in U.S. History\">lower energy costs<\/a> for consumers,\u201d<\/strong> said PHMSA deputy administrator Tristan Brown.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal requires pipeline operators to\u200d improve construction procedures designed to minimize the risk of incidents caused by system over-pressurization and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-regulator-aims-to-improve-safety-of-gas-distribution-pipelines\/\" title=\"US regulator seeks to enhance gas distribution pipeline safety.\">update distribution integrity \u200cmanagement programs<\/a> to cover and prepare for over-pressurization \u200dincidents.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2063also\u200b states that new regulator\u2063 stations are to be designed\u200d with secondary\u200d pressure \u2063relief valves and remote gas monitoring. <\/p>\n<p>The proposal\u200c highlights \u200dthe need to strengthen emergency response plans, including requirements for operators to contact local emergency responders and keep\u2063 customers and the affected public informed of what to \u2064do in the event\u200c of an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>This NPRM implements Congressionally mandated revisions from the Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act, enacted as part of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety \u200cAct of\u200c 2020 as well as to address National Transportation Safety Board recommendations. <\/p>\n<p>In May, the PHMSA had also announced \u2064new rules \u2063aimed at reducing leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse \u2063gas, from the domestic pipeline system that could eliminate 1 million tonnes of methane \u2064emissions by 2030.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting by Ashitha \u200dShivaprasad in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernadette Baum)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/us-regulator-aims-to\/attachment\/file-photo-a-pipeline-that-moves-methane-gas-from-the\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Biden accuses Putin of involvement in downed plane, Giuliani surrenders<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Rapper Forgiato Blow releases \u2063new song addressing Trump&#8217;s indictments<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Spokeswoman criticizes Biden&#8217;s economic record, praises Trump&#8217;s success<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Hawaii\u2062 Governor considers pausing\u2063 land purchases \u200dafter residents report cash offers for destroyed property<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Warner Bros Discovery \u200bintroduces new \u2063offering to Max platform<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Investors with short position on Nvidia face significant losses<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Meta Platforms to release AI model for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slack-gpt-artificial-intelligence-is-coming-to-workplace-messaging-platform\/\" title=\"AI is coming to Slack messaging platform.\">writing computer code<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Citigroup acquires \u2064stake \u200bin Peruvian fintech startup Rextie<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Transportation&#8217;s PHMSA has proposed new measures to enhance safety requirements for gas distribution pipelines. 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