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Pipeline Policy Issues

API/AOPL Letter to PHMSA Administrator Cynthia Quarterman 

AOPL-API Comments on DOT/PHMSA proposal to regulate the safety of hazardous liquids pipelines

Peter Lidiak's testimony on July 21 to the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials

API and AOPL Comments on a DOT/PHMSA proposal to regulate all rural low-stress pipelines

API and AOPL Comments on PHMSA Damage Prevention ANPRM

PPTS Advisory on Facility Integrity 

API-AOPL Response on New Construction/Line Pipe Quality

Summary of State Damage Prevention Laws

Damage prevention initiatives at the state and federal levels have become the focus of major stakeholder groups, industry, and government agencies over the past several years. These efforts have been supported by groups ranging from the Common Ground Alliance to independent working groups seeking to change the environment and manner in which excavation activities occur. Despite these efforts, only a handful of states have passed major damage prevention reform in the last five years.

PPTS Operator Advisory: Role of First and Second Party Damage In Excavation Incidents

Cooperation Reduces Pipeline Incidents

This article by API Pipeline Director Peter Lidiak appeared as a letter to the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) membership in the February 2007 CGA newsletter.