2014 Public Transparency Review of State Pipeline Safety Agencies & PHMSA
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| Finding agency web site | Contacts for agency staff | Access to statutes, regulations | Describe what state regulates | Transmission pipeline maps | Pipeline company contact info | Incident data | Enforcement data | Excavation damage data | Inspection records | Siting & routing info |
Total(out of a possible 33 points) | |
| Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| Washington | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| PHMSA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Maine | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Colorado | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Texas | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Indiana | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Arizona | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Illinois | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Nevada | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Iowa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| California Liquid* | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Louisiana | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Utah | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Michigan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Missouri | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Alabama | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Vermont | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| New York | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Idaho | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| California Gas* | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Ohio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Georgia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Montana | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Oregon | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| DC | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Florida | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Kansas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Maryland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Alaska | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Delaware | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| *California is the only state that has different agencies for natural gas and liquid pipelines | ||||||||||||
| Total (avg) | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 13.9 |
| Sum divided by 52 (CA has two regulating agencies; PHMSA is also included) | 10.5 | |||||||||||