Description:

The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) at the Department of Transportation (DOT) administers the national regulatory program to assure the safe transportation of natural gas, petroleum and other hazardous materials by pipeline. OPS develops regulations and other approaches to risk management to assure safety in design, construction, testing, operation, maintenance and emergency response of pipeline facilities. Since 1986, the entire pipeline safety program has been funded by a user fee assessed on a per-mile basis on each pipeline operator OPS regulates.

The National Association of State Fire Marshals' Partnership for Excellence in Pipeline Safety is funded through a grant from OPS.

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