US regulator mulls pipeline safety reforms

摘要

New York-The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is signaling that a potential overhaul of pipeline regulations may be in the works. PHMSA earlier this week announced a notice of proposed rulemaking on a broad span of pipeline safety issues, some of which have emerged as vulnerable spots this year after high-profile pipeline accidents, including the July rupture of Enbridge’s Line 6B that threatened a key Michigan watershed and PG&E’s San Bruno explosion in September that killed eight people.