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March 13, 2000

Pipeline Safety Program

Project ID: 
RT2000069
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This report presents the results of our review of the Pipeline Safety Program. The report is in response to a request from Senator Patty L. Murray following a pipeline accident in Bellingham, Washington.1 Our objectives were to:



  • Determine what legislation might be needed to enhance the Office of Pipeline Safety’s (OPS) ability to improve pipeline safety.

  • Assess OPS’s efforts to utilize and develop pipeline inspection technologies.

  • Assess OPS’s current efforts to address the major causes of transmission pipeline accidents.

  • Assess OPS’s actions that address National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations related to the major causes of transmission pipeline accidents.