Pipeline Safety Fund: Minimum Balance Was Not Reasonably Estimated

摘要

The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), a component of the Research and SpecialPrograms Administration (RSPA) of the Department of Transportation (DOT), performs a variety of activities related to the safety of natural gas (NG) and hazardous liquid (HL) pipelines and liquified natural gas (LNG) storage facilities. OPS activities are funded primarily by user fees assessed to pipeline and LNG storage facility operators and these fees are deposited into the Pipeline Safety Fund (PSF). The Senate Committee on Appropriations expressed an interest in determining the minimum year-end balance necessary in the PSF to maintain OPS operations until user fees are collected for the following year.