Pipeline Operators Say High-Tech Tools Preclude Need for Expansive Safety Regulation

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The pipeline was used on June 29, 2018 to transport the crude oil industry to the top terminals of Enbridge Energy, top Wisconsin. Minnesota Gov. Tim Waltz said his administration will continue to appeal the regulatory board’s approval of Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace Enbridge Energy’s aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline. The committee approved the project last summer, but former Governor Mark Dayton’s Department of Commerce appealed the decision, as well as several environmental and tribal groups. Last week’s Court of Appeals ruling brought the issue back to the committee for further litigation. AP Photo/Jim Mone, File

The 3.3 million-mile network of interstate pipelines pumping natural gas, crude oil, gasoline and other dangerous fuels across the United States has been operating on autopilots for almost two years.

In 2023, Congress failed to protect the pipeline’s infrastructure and reauthorize the 2020 Safety (Pipe) Act every three years. This has been in Limbo for the past 20 months with the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Substance Safety Management (PHMSA) Pipeline Safety Program.
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