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The Pipeline Safety Trust’s 2020 Conference scheduled for July in Kalamazoo has been cancelled due to uncertainty regarding the coronavirus pandemic.

The Pipeline Safety Trust announces we have hired Bill Caram as our new Deputy Director. Bill will be starting with the PST in late March and will transition into the Executive Director position at some point in the second half of 2020. click here for more information.

Links to video of each of the speakers at our annual conference, Nov. 7th & 8th, are now available at the Video on demand page.

Read a transcript of the PST Testimony to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, Hearing on Pipeline Safety:Reviewing the Status of Mandates and Examining Additional Safety Needs, April 2, 2019.

To help people visualize how often pipelines fail we have created maps that allow you to examine failure information state by state, and the pop-up windows will provide reported information on each failure as you select it.

Funding Opportunity for local communities and non-profits: PHMSA has announced the opening of the application period for Community Technical Assistance grants. Applications are due May 3, 2019. Click here for more information.

Videos and PowerPoint presentations from our conference are now available for on demand viewing. You can find them here.

If you are looking for information and data that relates to the Columbia Gas of Massachusetts tragedy on 9/13/18 we have posted quite a bit of information here.

Results of our 2017 state pipeline safety website review are now posted! Check out our take on this year’s review at the Smart Pig Blog.

Our conference held on November 2-3 was a great success! Videos and speaker presentation documents are now available on our conference page.

UPDATE: New hazardous liquid rule delayed due to Trump administration executive order. Here is our press release with our thoughts on these new rules. See the rule that was going to be published here.

We are now posting video and presentation slides from our recent Pipeline Safety Trust conference held in New Orleans. You can find these at this link.

03/01/16-Trust Testifies at Hearing to Examine Pipeline Safety Reauthorization (pdf of testimony, 307k)

02/25/16-Trust Testifies on the Reauthorization of DOT’s Pipeline Safety Program (pdf of testimony, 300k)

Winter 2016 newsletter available
Featuring articles on Dilbit and Keystone XL. Download your copy now.

Many Comments Submitted on Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Rulemaking.
Comments were due January 8 to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. See links on our page about Opportunities for Comment and Participation.

Pipeline Safety Trust Executive Director honored at the White House as a Champion of Change!
Carl Weimer, the Trust Executive Director, was recognized on Tuesday, Oct 13 at the White House as one of 11 individuals from across the country as “White House Transportation Champions of Change.”