Operators, Monitors Call on Congress to Make Pipeline Safety a Priority Again

Operators, Monitors Call on Congress to Make Pipeline Safety a Priority Again

It’s not often that the regulated, the regulators, and regulatory watchdogs agree that more federal oversight is needed to boost an industry, but that rare accord surfaced in a two-hour hearing on pipeline safety before a Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation subcommittee on May 15. Of course, pipeline operators and independent monitors, including those concerned with carbon dioxide and methane emissions, didn’t agree on what increased feder…

Landowners, Impacted Community Members & Advocates Decry New Federal Pipeline Eminent Domain Authority and “Fast-Track” Permitting Snuck Into Reconciliation Bill - The Iowa Standard

Landowners, impacted community members and advocate organizations were outraged to see the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce vote to advance a budget reconciliation bill today that includes brand new federal authority over permitting of oil, CO2, hydrogen and hazardous liquids pipelines.  The proposed law describes a new “fast-track,” “pay-to-play” permitting scheme that would allow operators to pay a fee of $10 million for expedited fed…