The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety, has regulatory authority over siting, design, construction, operation, and security of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities. The Agency regulates 151 LNG plants in 38 States and territories, and oversees those plants in conjunction with State pipeline safety offices. PHMSA’s oversight responsibilities for LNG facilities may increase, as the U.S.
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On September 27, 2018, Nicholas Pifer pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Alexandria, Virginia, to aiming a laser at aircraft.
On October 18, 2017, he was captured on surveillance video at a gym parking lot in Sterling, Virginia, shining a laser at aircraft landing at Dulles International Airport, and he later admitted to doing so.
On September 27, 2018, Scott Pierson, an FAA administrative officer assigned to the Bradley Flight Standards District Office, Enfield, Connecticut, was indicted by a Federal grand jury in Hartford, Connecticut. He had been charged via criminal complaint with two counts of receiving and possessing child pornography.
The indictment alleges that between approximately January 2018 and June 18, 2018, Pierson knowingly received and possessed material containing images and videos of child pornography. DOT-OIG agents arrested Pierson in July 2018.