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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Federal agency
What it does
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) was established on November 20, 2004 under the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-426). PHMSA was created to protect the American public and the environment by ensuring the safe and secure movement of hazardous materials to industry and consumers by all transportation modes, including the nation's pipelines. Through PHMSA, the Department develops and enforces regulations for the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound operation of the nation's 2.3 million mile pipeline transportation system and the nearly 1 million daily shipments of hazardous materials by land, sea, and air.
Where it sits
A component of Transportation Department.
Recent actions
Hazardous Materials: Incorporation of ASME Code Section XII and the National Board Inspection Code
Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee
Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Actions on Special Permits
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for Modification to Special Permits
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for New Special Permits
Hazardous Materials: California's Reusability Mandate for Propane Cylinders
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Administrative Determination of Preemption for Common Law Tort Claims Concerning the Transportation of Gasoline