August 2020, Vol. 247, No. 8
Government
PHMSA Proposed Controversial Changes for Liquid Pipelines
By Stephen Barlas, Contributing Editor, Washington, D.C. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is in the process of seeking comments on a number of pipeline regulatory reform proposals, one focusing on hazardous liquid pipelines, the other on distribution pipelines. Both are the result of Trump administration executive orders generally requiring all federal agencies to review their regulations and weed out those that may be unduly burdensome or no longer applicable. The proposed rule on hazardous liquid lines is the more controversial and comprehensive of the two with pipelines, local officials and environmental grou

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