A 12,000-Barrel Oil Pipeline Spill Exposes Years of Lax Oversight

A 12,000-Barrel Oil Pipeline Spill Exposes Years of Lax Oversight

By Robert Tuttle and Ari Natter, Bloomberg (May 17, 2023)

“The books aren’t strong enough,” said Bill Caram, executive director of the Pipeline Safety Trust, a Bellingham, Washington-based watchdog group. “The PHMSA regulations are really written to grant a lot of latitude to the operator to see how they think best to operate their pipeline.”