Pipeline Safety Trust

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27 years ago, Wade, Stephen and Liam were killed when the Olympic Pipeline ruptured and spilled 237,000 gallons of gasoline into Whatcom Creek.

#energypolicy, #pipelinesafety, #bellingham, #environment

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[Pipeline Safety Trust @pstrust]

Two houses exploded in one night in San Antonio. A preliminary NTSB report found that gas had migrated underground into a home without active gas service, where no alarm was there to detect it.

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Natural gas alarms can sense methane even when the odorant has been stripped, yet the federal government still doesn't require them despite NTSB recommendations dating back to the 1970s.

#energypolicy, #pipelinesafety, #homeexplosion, #naturalgas

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Many residents are still dealing with the health effects today. CO2 pipelines are largely unregulated compared to other hazardous pipelines — and thousands of miles of new ones are being proposed across the country.

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We need a federal CO2 Pipeline Safety Rule now.

#CO2, #pipelinesafety, #energypolicy

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In 2020, a CO2 pipeline explosion in Satartia, Mississippi sent dozens of people to the hospital and forced hundreds to evacuate.

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“On a first read the proposal sets hard caps on the intervals and keeps PHMSA���s enforcement authority intact, but it stops short of requiring the remote inspection we have previously recommended.”

[Pipeline Safety Trust @pstrust]

“We don’t yet know whether PHMSA has paired the longer intervals with adequate safeguards,” said Bill Caram, the group’s executive director, in a statement.

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[Pipeline Safety Trust @pstrust]

Just eight years ago, in Dallas, a 12-year-old girl was killed in her house when it blew up from an undetected gas leak from an Atmos Energy pipeline.

[Pipeline Safety Trust @pstrust]

It is possible that after the gas line was hit that the gas migrated underground and into the apartment building, where it then reached explosive levels before igniting. 

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[Pipeline Safety Trust @pstrust]

Atmos has a history of incidents throughout Texas and other parts of the Gulf South that have resulted in fatalities and injuries.

[Pipeline Safety Trust @pstrust]

Rupture mitigation valves could save lives. Older pipelines in High Consequence Areas should be required to be retrofitted with Rupture Mitigation Valves.

#pipelinesafety, #RMVs, #energypolicy

[Pipeline Safety Trust @pstrust]

In 2020, Congress passed the PIPES Act of 2020, mandating that PHMSA create rules to
modernize its leak detection and repair standards as well as mitigate intentional emission events.

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[Pipeline Safety Trust @pstrust]

When it comes to Hydrogen Pipeline Safety, there are still a lot of unanswered questions.

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While the American Petroleum Institute has finalized its RP 1192 - Transportation of Carbon Dioxide by Pipeline. It's important that communities know that it is not regulation.

We still need strong federal safety standards on CO2 pipelines to keep our communities safe.

#CO2

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For decades the NTSB has recommended the installation of Natural Gas Alarms or In-Home Methane Detectors.

These devices can detect a gas leak well before it ignites and would save lives.

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