HOUSE ENERGY SUBCOMMITTEE CONSIDERS PIPELINE SAFETY IN AFTERMATH OF RECENT NATURAL GAS AND OIL SPILLS/ACCIDENTS

摘要

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Energy and Power met on 6/16/11 to discuss oil and gas pipeline safety. Witnesses at the hearing relayed the need for at least some more federal legislation on pipeline safety, and for re-authorization of the Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA's) safety efforts.