Tag: Pipeline Inspections

Feds want tougher oil pipeline rules after spills showed gaps in oversight

New oil pipeline rules proposed by US Dept. of Transportation BILLINGS, Mont. – New federal rules proposed for pipelines that carry oil and other hazardous liquids could have prevented more than 200 accidents since 2010, including a Michigan rupture that ranks as the costliest onshore spill in U.S. history, federal officials said. The U.S. Transportation Department proposal […]