PHMSA moves ahead with gas storage rule as industry questions compliance timeline

摘要

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration last weekrnreleased an interim final rule on underground natural gas storagernfacilities, calling the measure a first step in addressing critical safetyrnissues in the wake of federal legislation calling for minimum standards.rnThe statutory mandate, included in the PIPES Act earlier this year,rnfollowed the 2015 leak at the Aliso Canyon storage facility in Californiarnthat resulted in the release of an estimated 4.6 Bcf of natural gas.