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Audit Initiated of RSPA’s Progress in Implementing Recommendations for...
As required by the Pipeline Safety Act of 2002, we will assess the progress of the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), Research and Special Programs Administration, in implementing our recommendations...
View ArticleTwo Olympic Pipeline Executives Jailed in First-Ever Jail Terms in Pipeline...
Two Olympic Pipeline Company executives were sentenced to jail by a U.S. District Court judge in Seattle, WA, the first jail terms ever received by pipeline managers in a pipeline rupture case. Former...
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Actions Taken and Needed for Improving Pipeline Safety
The Inspector General testified before two congressional committees regarding OIG’s newly-released report regarding the Research and Special Programs Administration’s (RSPA) progress in implementing...
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Actions Taken and Needed for Improving Pipeline Safety
The Inspector General testified before two congressional committees regarding OIG’s newly-released report regarding the Research and Special Programs Administration’s (RSPA) progress in implementing...
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Actions Taken and Actions Needed To Improve Pipeline Safety
The Inspector General testified before two congressional committees regarding OIG’s newly-released report regarding the Research and Special Programs Administration’s (RSPA) progress in implementing...
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Progress and Challenges in Improving Pipeline Safety
The Inspector General testified before the House Energy and Commerce Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee on the Progress and Challenges in Improving Pipeline Safety. In his testimony, the third since...
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New Approaches Needed in Managing FAA’s Hazardous Materials Program
We issued our report on FAA’s HAZMAT Program. We found that FAA needs to implement new approaches to managing its HAZMAT Program by: (1) conducting covert tests to evaluate air carriers’ compliance...
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Background Checks For Holders of Commercial Drivers Licenses With Hazardous...
On May 11, the Deputy Inspector General testified before the Subcommittee on Highway, Transit and Pipelines on “Background Records Checks on Hazardous Materials Truck Drivers.” The testimony focused...
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Audit initiated on Integrity Threats to Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
The Office of Inspector General plans to conduct an audit of the Office of Pipeline Safety’s (OPS) oversight of hazardous liquid pipeline operators’ processes for mitigating and/or repairing pipeline...
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Actions Taken and Needed in Implementing Mandates and Recommendations...
On October 20, we issued our report on DOT’s progress in implementing congressional mandates and other safety recommendations for improving pipeline and hazardous materials safety. While progress has...
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Pipeline Safety: Progress and Remaining Challenges
On March 16, the Acting Inspector General testified before the House Subcommittee on Highways, Transit, and Pipelines regarding Pipeline Safety. The testimony focused on the progress and remaining...
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Principal Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and Evaluation Testified...
On April 27, the Principal Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and Evaluation testified before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality regarding pipeline safety. The testimony focused on...
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Audit Initiated of PHMSA's Special Permits and Approvals Program
On August 29, we initiated an audit of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Special Permits and Approvals Program. The objective of this audit is to determine the...
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Report on Integrity Threats to Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
On September 18, we issued our final report on Integrity Threats to Hazardous Liquid Pipelines. We found that hazardous liquid pipeline operators had repaired all 409 threats we examined, with about...
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Audit Initiated of Implementation of the Pipeline Security Annex Pipeline and...
As required by the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006, the Office of Inspector General will review actions PHMSA has taken to implement the security annex to the MOU...
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Actions Needed to Enhance Pipeline Security
As required by the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006, we assessed Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) actions taken to...
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Actions Needed To Enhance Pipeline Security
On June 25, 2008, the Inspector General testified before the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials on actions taken by and needed from the Departments of Transportation...
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Audit Initiated of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...
The Office of Inspector General plans to audit the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Special Permits and Approvals Program. It is important that PHMSA work with other...
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PHMSA's Process for Granting Special Permits and Approvals for Transporting...
On September 10, 2009, the Inspector General testified before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure regarding the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA)...
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New Approaches Needed In Managing PHMSA's Special Permits and Approvals Program
On March 4, 2010, we issued our report on the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) Special Permits and Approvals Program. Many hazardous materials are transported under the...
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Actions Taken and Needed To Improve Management and Oversight of PHMSA’s...
On April 22, 2010, the Inspector General testified before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure regarding the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA)...
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Reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Program
Deputy Assistant IG for Competition, Economic, Rail, & Special Programs Mark Dayton testified before the House Transportation on Highways and Transit Subcommittee regarding reauthorization of the...
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Review of Department Oversight for Transportation of Nuclear Waste
We released our review of the Department’s oversight of the transportation of nuclear waste. We found that DOT needs to take steps to be fully prepared as the Department of Energy (DOE) ramps up its...
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Reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Program
On May 11, 2000, at a hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate, we provided testimony on the reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Program. Our testimony...
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Pipeline Safety Program
This report presents the results of our review of the Pipeline Safety Program. The report is in response to a request from Senator Patty L. Murray following a pipeline accident in Bellingham,...
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