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Congress recently passed legislation with a reauthorization of the pipeline safety programs through 2023 as a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act. The Protecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (“PIPES Act of 2020”) directs the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) to promulgate regulations addressing a variety of pipeline safety issues. Despite these mandates, the PIPES Act of 2020 overall imposes far fewer new burdens on the pipeline industry than prior legislation. President Trump signed this legislation into law on December 27, 2020. As a result, PHMSA is now tasked to, among other things, adopt some significant requirements for liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) facilities, provide for the monitoring of methane leaks by natural gas pipelines and transmission systems, adopt requirements for gathering line systems to manage safety considerations,
the keystone pipeline has occupied what i frankly consider an over-inflated role in our political discourse. america is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change. and frankly, approving this project would have undercut that global leadership. for years that president obama played politics with this stringing along the labor unions, thinking they were at some point going to be able to go forward with these jobs. and today, greg, john kerry, the secretary of state, says how could we possibly expect other countries in the world to take action on climate if we re not willing to do it ourselves. if we re not investing in our country, what kind of disservice is that? i m dismayed by this. not surprised, but dismayed. pipelines are the safest way to transport gas. safer than trucks or trains. but that doesn t help warrant buffett. who runs the burlington northern railroad, who happens to be a close friend of president obama. there s two million m